This issue was caused by a short between the Emitter & Base legs of the Q1 transistor.
Solution - Remove the short connection between the Emitter & Base legs of the Q1 transistor legs
Complications - I was extra careful this time because of the problem of loose cable from the last flip-over of the right PCB containing chan 5-8. Anyways, after I was done I noticed one of the pink wires (it carries the +14V to the left PCB) had come off on P1. At least this time I could also see that the corresponding front panel green LED turn off as a result. So I resecured the wire to the connector (using solder as my last attempt yesterday to reattach the via crimping didn't work after a long time trying. I hope this is not a problem.) and checked the front panel LED turns on when the unit is powered before closing the unit. These connectors are quite flimsy.
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