23 Apr 2013
HKSAR v. TJON KENNETH LIE SIN AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- HKSAR v. TJON KENNETH LIE SIN AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA492/2011
The appeal was allowed and convictions and sentences quashed because the magistrate conducted private internet research and used extraneous website material in trial proceedings, a material irregularity that undermined the appearance of impartiality and rendered the convictions unsafe; this ground alone sufficed to overturn the convictions, making it unnecessary to decide the challenge to the expert evidence.