8 May 1984
RE CHU PIU-WING
- Citation
- RE CHU PIU-WING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP121/1984
By majority the court held that a properly construed subpoena ad testificandum issued to assist an inferior tribunal includes a command to give evidence; the respondent's claim of partial confidentiality from ICAC did not, on the facts and given full disclosure of identity and substance to the police, outweigh the public interest in requiring relevant evidence; the immunity offered was conditional and insufficient to eliminate privilege; the respondent's deliberate refusal to give evidence after being subpoenaed constituted contempt and justified committal (six months, suspended on condition…