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1. The background of this case was that the victim was engaged in smuggling pearls from China to Hong Kong together with the applicant's brother, who was in China. The brother bought some pearls and entrusted them to the victim who in turn gave them to a courier-who, however, stole them. The brother was then in great difficulty as he still had to pay for the pearls and the applicant, together with 2 other men, took him to a flat where he was detained for a period of 3 days. He complained of bein