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Hong Kong Case Law

Omission as basis for secondary liability
  • 30 Jan 2008

    HKSAR v. CHU WAI SAN AND OTHERS

    Citation
    HKSAR v. CHU WAI SAN AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC311/2006

    The Court quashed the 2nd defendant's convictions because the record of pre-trial interviews, properly read in context, did not establish the requisite degree of guilty knowledge (wilful blindness or specific intent) for accessorial liability founded on omission; however the Court upheld the 5th defendant's conviction and both principal defendants' sentences because the evidence showed the 5th defendant was the primary author of a planned scheme submitting false documentary credits that exposed the bank to substantial risk, and a 5-year starting point was appropriate given seriousness and mon…