18 Sept 2012
The Magistrate was entitled to infer the appellant's complicity in not manifesting the US$82,000 and lawfully exercised discretion to order forfeiture; the appeal is dismissed.
28 Apr 2000
The Court held that the trial judge selected an appropriate starting point for trafficking just over 507 grams of heroin in accordance with R v Lau Tak-ming, properly reduced the starting point to reflect mitigation and plea, and that the aggregate sentence of twelve years was not manifestly excessive; the application for leave to appeal against sentence was dismissed.
1 Nov 1985
The appeal was dismissed because the appellant caused the importation within the recognised concept of 'cause' (the importation was done on his express authority), Section 34 permits proof of the prohibited act without separate proof of omission from the manifest and places the evidential burden on the defendant, and the magistrate permissibly rejected the appellant's denial and inferred he knew the pills contained a Part I poison, therefore convictions on both charges were upheld.