16 Apr 2018
HKSAR v. CHEN KEEN (alias JACK CHEN) AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2018] HKCA 121
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC172/2016
The Court held the convictions were safe: the counts alleged an agreement to defraud (agreement is the crime) and particulars (a)–(e) described means/overt acts rather than separate essential ingredients, so the indictment was not impermissibly duplicitous; the trial judge fairly instructed the jury (including directions that favored defendants) and properly admitted New Zealand business records and parts of the deposition after finding attendance was not reasonably practicable and that admission would not cause unfairness; documentary and email evidence supported findings that all three appe…