12 Jul 1985
WONG WAN CHING v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- WONG WAN CHING v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA529/1985
There were no material differences from The Queen v. Ma Kui; the constable effectively combined a request for explanation under s106(1) with an accusation of attempted theft thereby engaging the suspect's right to silence; where an officer suspects a separate offence he should charge for that offence rather than seek an explanatory answer under the loitering provision, and accordingly the appellant was entitled to remain silent and the loitering conviction must be quashed.