3 Aug 2001
HKSAR v. LAM PING KAI
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LAM PING KAI
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA383/2000
The court held that the magistrate acted within jurisdiction and judicial discretion: the conspiracy and offering charges were properly joined and not overloaded; minor defects in charge wordings were immaterial and not nullities; the magistrate lawfully heard the PII application ex parte during the trial and sight of operational material did not create a real danger of bias requiring recusal; undercover evidence was admissible because the operative acted passively and no unfairness or derogation of the right to silence was established; circumstantial evidence sufficed to prove conspiracy; th…