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Topic

Bribery offences

Legal area

Court

8 Nov 2001

HKSAR v. YEUNG CHOR-WAH & ANOTHER

Citation

HKSAR v. YEUNG CHOR-WAH & ANOTHER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA467/2001

The convictions were quashed because the trial magistrate failed properly to assess and weigh the defence evidence (notably Mr Wong's unchallenged evidence of authorization), unjustifiably disbelieved that evidence without cogent reasons and drew impermissible inferences from silence and surrounding facts, rendering the convictions unsafe and unsatisfactory.
19 May 1987

THE QUEEN v. LEUNG KIN CHAK AND ANOTHER

Citation

THE QUEEN v. LEUNG KIN CHAK AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC612/1986

The court held that the 1st applicant's offence was as serious as possible given his senior police role and substantial payments and, despite mitigation, the sentence was not excessive and leave to appeal was dismissed; the 2nd applicant, though active, was not a police officer and of lesser culpability so his sentence was excessive and was reduced from four to three years.