1 Apr 2025
HKSAR v. LAM CHEUK TING (林卓廷)
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFA 7
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACC8/2024
By a purposive and contextual construction of POBO s30(1), once it is established that a Part II investigation was actually taking place and the defendant knew or suspected it (mens rea), the actus reus can be satisfied by disclosure of the subject person's identity or the fact that the person is under investigation even if the disclosure does not explicitly state the investigation concerns a Part II offence; that construction best serves the statutory purpose of protecting the integrity and secrecy of corruption investigations and therefore the respondent's convictions and sentence were rest…