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Hong Kong Case Law

Inspection of police documents
  • THE QUEEN v. LI KIN WAI AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    THE QUEEN v. LI KIN WAI AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA102/1985

    Where the circumstances of a single police visit, combined with the physical layout, darkness, use of torches, number and design of booths and behaviour of hostesses, yield no plausible alternative conclusion, a magistrate may infer the premises were being used wholly or mainly by two or more women for the purposes of prostitution; the 2nd Appellant's conviction was therefore upheld, but the 1st Appellant's conviction was quashed because the alleged admission was inadmissible in the absence of the translating Sergeant and there was no other admissible evidence proving he managed the establish…