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Hong Kong Case Law

Commercial corruption
  • 11 Mar 1980

    WU CHEUNG YIP v. THE QUEEN

    Citation
    WU CHEUNG YIP v. THE QUEEN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC1123/1979

    The appeal was allowed because the sentencing judge did not sufficiently account for the appellant's lesser role and mitigating circumstances; immediate custodial sentences were set aside and replaced by sentences of the same length suspended for two years to reflect reduced culpability.