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1. On 9th November of this year, on his plea of guilty, the applicant was sentenced by Wong J. to a term imprisonment of 7 years. The applicant had in fact pleaded guilty at the Magistrate's court on 21st October to a charge of possession of dangerous drugs for the purpose of trafficking. The drug in question was pure opium. That which was in his possession was the very considerable quantity of 12.68 kilogrammes. I should ado that when this was discovered at his premises on 18th July 1987, he wa