8 Jun 2020
HKSAR v. TSANG YIK SANG
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 1066
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCC225/2018
The court exercised its discretion to permit withdrawal of the admissions as to the drug quantities because material discrepancies in recorded weights, failures in expected police weighing procedure before sealing, and a short unexplained custody interval undermined the reliability of the admitted weights; the Newton hearing must determine the proven narcotic weights and sentencing must follow the weights established at that hearing.