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Hong Kong Case Law

Forcible abduction

  • 28 Oct 1974

    CHEUNG CHI-MAN v. THE QUEEN

    Citation
    CHEUNG CHI-MAN v. THE QUEEN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC265/1974

    Where the evidence showed the complainant was shepherded, guarded and unable to free herself, detention was proved by overbearing her will without need for proof of physical violence; section 3(1)(d) applies irrespective of prior character and 'otherwise disposing of' must be read broadly; on those bases the District Judge correctly found the appellant participated and shared the intention that she be used for prostitution, so convictions stand.

  • 21 Oct 1974

    LI MAN-LUNG AND ANOTHER v. THE QUEEN

    Citation
    LI MAN-LUNG AND ANOTHER v. THE QUEEN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC199/1974

    The convictions were unsafe and could not stand because the prosecution improperly examined its own witnesses and treated a witness as hostile to deploy prior statements without proper procedure, the examination was unduly aggressive (amounting to bullying), and the judge's summing-up contained misdirection on a material issue (alleged complaint to the complainant's brother), together rendering the jury's verdict unsafe.