3 Sept 1996
THE QUEEN v. LAU WAI MING (D1)
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. LAU WAI MING (D1)
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA503/1996
The conviction was upheld because the magistrate properly identified the appellant and lawfully distinguished and excluded inadmissible hearsay while admitting contextual opinion evidence from an undercover participant; the admitted evidence sufficed to establish that the appellant acted as a member/organiser of a triad society and the appeal therefore failed.
- Triad society offence under societies ordinance s20(2)
- Hearsay
- Opinion evidence
- Identification