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Hong Kong Case Law

Triad-related offence

  • 30 Jul 2019

    香港特別行政區 訴 柳志華

    Citation
    [2019] HKCFI 1851
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA12/2019

    The appeal fails because the trial judge lawfully and reasonably compared voice recordings and accepted both audio and witness recognition identifying the appellant, the refusal to allow detailed questioning on the witness's prior convictions did not render the trial unfair as those details lacked direct relevance to credibility, the expert and factual evidence supported a finding that the appellant acted in the capacity of a triad member to control the taxi rank, and the six-month custodial sentence was not manifestly excessive given the need to deter such conduct.

  • 7 Sept 2009

    HKSAR v. TAM YUN CHUEN

    Citation
    HKSAR v. TAM YUN CHUEN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC118/2008

    The appellate court held that the trial judge had properly assessed and accepted Mr X's credibility after dealing with inconsistencies, that the conviction for blackmail was safe on that evidence, and that the offence was triad-related so the four-year sentence was appropriate; accordingly leave to appeal was dismissed and the conviction and sentence were upheld.