27 Mar 2018
HKSAR v. WIWIK LESTARI
- Citation
- [2018] HKCA 166
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC227/2016
The conviction was quashed because the trial judge materially misdirected the jury by failing to give the required direction that mere suspicion that the bag contained drugs was insufficient to establish the requisite knowledge, an omission that rendered the conviction unsafe; other grounds lacked merit and the interview was held admissible.