20 Sept 1989
SOMCHAI LIANGSIRIPRASERT v. THE GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- SOMCHAI LIANGSIRIPRASERT v. THE GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV73/1989
Appeal dismissed because the magistrate correctly applied the Extradition Act test: the unchallenged evidence established prima facie that the appellant's conduct, when treated as having effect in Hong Kong, constituted extradition crimes under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance; acts by US agents constituted acts in furtherance under the innocent‑agent/accessory doctrines; the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance has extraterritorial effect and is intra vires; the chain of custody evidence was sufficient for committal.