Invisible

An excellent demonstration of applying personalized treatment recently is, of course, the case related to the niece of a judge.

To many who know the personality or previous records of the Magistrate, the result is expected.

(Don't be mistaken. I have all my respect to this Mr. Yuen. He has an excellent record of treating nicely - not fairly - persons charged for arguable reasons.)

The question is, therefore, not why the case ends up this way, but how it began with this particular Magistrate. As Hercule Poirot said (in Murder on the Oriental Express), was it by chance, or by design ?

To a distant observer, the case seems a superb example of discrete reporting of conflict of interest: personal acquaintance was claimed by every hawk but not dove. What a coincidence (or, if it could ever happen, how remarkable a personality for a woman who make friend only with hawks).

That's the thrilling bit.