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Hong Kong Case Law

Supergrass/informer mitigation
  • 23 Jun 1995

    R. v. CHIU PAK WING

    Citation
    R. v. CHIU PAK WING
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC422/1992

    The applicant was properly classified as a 'true supergrass' because he had given substantial, repeated and effective assistance in multiple prosecutions and to foreign authorities; that special status and associated risks justified exercise of the court's discretion to vary the sentence from 25 years to 10 years imprisonment, while recognizing that promised future cooperation is a matter for executive assessment.

    • Possession of dangerous drugs for trafficking
    • Supergrass/informer mitigation
    • Sentence reduction
    • Protected custody
    • Assistance to foreign authorities