In the present case, for charge 1, I trust the offence of money laundering, and not theft, was laid because the actus reus of the theft actually took place in Taiwan, not in HK.
That said, it is understandable that great frustration and a genuine sense of unfairness, to say the least, would be felt when an accused’s admission about killing someone outside this jurisdiction could not be a basis to bring a murder/manslaughter charge in HK.