The Forgotten Detainee: What's at Stake for Hong Kong's Expat Community A peculiar case has been largely overlooked in recent weeks: that of Tang Lung wai, a Hong Kong national imprisoned in the Philippines on a drug charge.
Despite serving 40 years of his sentence – minus one month and thirteen days due to good conduct time – he remains incarcerated.
The Philippine judicial system appears to have made an error in Tang's prison records, acknowledging a discrepancy in his sentence that ultimately proved pivotal.