16 Nov 2020
HKSAR v. CHAN HON WING
- Citation
- [2020] HKCA 938
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC200/2016
The judge’s pragmatic decision to allow simultaneous Chinese interpretation to jurors was within her discretion under the Official Languages Ordinance and did not amount to a material irregularity; there was no demonstrated misdirection in law or identifiable misinterpretation that could have affected the jury’s verdict; the interpreter’s experience and the short, straightforward nature of the summing-up meant there was no real or substantial risk of mistranslation; absence of a record of the interpreter’s Chinese rendition did not render the conviction unsafe.