17 Apr 2007
HKSAR v. MUI TAK MING
- Citation
- HKSAR v. MUI TAK MING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1093/2006
The one-to-one confrontation produced identification evidence that was inherently unreliable and tenuous; the Magistrate failed to adequately assess the weaknesses of that procedure given the two-year lapse and the witness's undercover role, so the identification could not be safely relied upon and the conviction was quashed.