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  • 2 Mar 2004

    HKSAR v. CHEUNG KAM LUN

    Citation
    HKSAR v. CHEUNG KAM LUN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC15/2003

    The court held that the undercover officers did no more than present an opportunity to offend (no entrapment), the recordings and transcripts were admissible and there was no evidence of improper editing, the trial judge permissibly rejected the applicant's claim he believed the officers were joking and found beyond reasonable doubt that he agreed to launder proceeds believed to be from smuggling, and the sentence was within permissible range given the applicant's role and the scheme's sophistication and inter-jurisdictional nature; accordingly leave to appeal was refused and conviction and s…