4 Feb 2021
HKSAR v. CHEN KEEN (alias JACK CHEN) AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 304
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCC309/2019
Part IIIB permits evidence from overseas witnesses only by live television link as enacted; the court cannot permit that evidence to be video recorded and then played to the jury as a substitute for live testimony because there is no statutory authority to convert live link testimony into an out-of-court recorded testimonial presentation; recording is permitted only for preservation of the court record and the court cannot use s79I conditions, rule-making (s79L), or inherent jurisdiction to expand the statutorily prescribed mode of reception of evidence.