13 Sept 2001
HKSAR v. CHUNG YING FAI
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHUNG YING FAI
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA452/2001
While judicial intervention to clarify evidence is permissible, the magistrate's repeated and expansive interventions in examination of the first two prosecution witnesses resulted in him assuming the principal role in eliciting prosecution evidence; an informed bystander would conclude the magistrate had entered the arena and the appellant did not receive a fair trial, warranting quashing of the conviction.