9 Feb 1991
LAM YU SHING AND OTHERS v. THE GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Citation
- LAM YU SHING AND OTHERS v. THE GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP4041/1990
The magistrate applied the correct prima facie test and there was sufficient evidence from which a properly directed jury could infer beyond reasonable doubt that the applicants (including Lam) knew the money related to heroin and participated in the conspiracy and trafficking; the Governor's Order to Proceed was not defectively particularised for extradition purposes; undertakings given by US counsel (not to try on counts relating solely to Thailand and not to try the Grand Jury's second count) addressed the extraditability concern; accordingly all four habeas corpus applications were dismis…