24 Sept 2001
HKSAR v. WONG YIU WAH AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HKSAR v. WONG YIU WAH AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA508/2001
Although the 1st appellant's conviction was quashed on appeal, the appellate court found ample circumstantial evidence that the licensee had knowledge of and permitted a system offering immoral services, thereby bringing suspicion upon him; consequently the general rule awarding costs to an acquitted defendant did not apply and the 1st appellant was deprived of costs. The application for a s32 certificate was refused because the contested issue as to whether private premises open to the public constitute a "public place" is fact‑specific and does not raise a point of law of great and general…