13 Dec 1989
THE QUEEN v. CHAN KAI AND OTHERS
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. CHAN KAI AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC59/1988
The Court held s.26(1) is a deeming provision applying existing offences committed 'in the name or on behalf of' a society and does not itself create a new substantive offence; accordingly, where the offence charged is an existing offence (blackmail), s.35 does not restrict prosecution for that existing offence. Separately, the Court held the expert opinion and documentary exhibits (lists, promotion list, lai-see packets, printers' block) were wrongly admitted or insufficiently proved to be triad office-bearer material and therefore could not corroborate accomplice witnesses; fellow accomplic…