19 Oct 1989
THE QUEEN v. LOK MAN CHIU AND OTHERS
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. LOK MAN CHIU AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1180/1989
The convictions for living off the earnings of prostitution were quashed because the magistrate failed to consider whether PW1 was an accomplice and to warn himself about the need for corroboration, making those convictions unsafe; the convictions for assisting in the management of a vice establishment were upheld because independent evidence established prostitution at the premises and PW1 was not an accomplice in relation to those charges; the confiscation order was set aside because there was no record that the magistrate was satisfied items were used in connection with the s139 offence.