23 Jun 1995
R. v. CHIU PAK WING
- Citation
- R. v. CHIU PAK WING
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC422/1992
The applicant was properly classified as a 'true supergrass' because he had given substantial, repeated and effective assistance in multiple prosecutions and to foreign authorities; that special status and associated risks justified exercise of the court's discretion to vary the sentence from 25 years to 10 years imprisonment, while recognizing that promised future cooperation is a matter for executive assessment.
- Possession of dangerous drugs for trafficking
- Supergrass/informer mitigation
- Sentence reduction
- Protected custody
- Assistance to foreign authorities