29 Feb 1996
THE QUEEN v. HWA TAK MING
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. HWA TAK MING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1165/1995
Withholding the terms of an immunity granted to the principal prosecution witness was an irregularity that prejudiced the defence; that prejudice rendered the convictions unsafe and required allowing the appeal and ordering a retrial before a different magistrate; costs were awarded to the appellant for prosecutorial negligence.