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Hong Kong’s harsh sentences for drug crimes are doing more harm than good

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A nasty moment watching the television the other night: I thought they said that a 34-year-old man had been sentenced to 39 years in prison after being caught in possession of a large quantity of drugs. After much Googling I managed to track down a published version of the case and it seems either I […]

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