22 Oct 2001
HKSAR v. MUI WAI CHEUNG
- Citation
- HKSAR v. MUI WAI CHEUNG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1073/2000
The appeal was dismissed because the magistrate correctly admitted and weighed expert evidence from a witness who also gave factual evidence; correctly treated s31(1) Cap.161 as a negative averment matter under s94A Cap.221 such that the defendant bore the evidential responsibility to show practice was 'purely Chinese'; the proven sale and chemical analysis of P3 and P4 established beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant practised medicine and managed an unregistered clinic; identified discrepancies in witness accounts were trivial or satisfactorily resolved and did not undermine the convi…