8 Dec 2016
HKSAR v. YU OI KEE
- Citation
- HKSAR v. YU OI KEE
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACC7/2016
The court held that a person who assumes responsibility for acting on behalf of another can be an 'agent' under s.9 POBO (Mr Luk was acting for China Mining); 'other document' in s.9(3) is not restricted ejusdem generis and board minutes fall within it; attribution of directors' knowledge to a company depends on the purpose of the statutory provision and cannot be automatically applied to defeat anti‑corruption offences; accordingly the convictions were upheld and the appeals dismissed.