18 Mar 2000
HKSAR v. LEE WAI FUN
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LEE WAI FUN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1104/1999
The appeal was allowed because the trial magistrate's inference that the appellant had knowledge of the transceiver was not the only reasonable inference available from the evidence; given the presence of the VIP card linking the bag to another person and the possibility of alternative explanations, conviction could not safely rest on suspicion and the sentence was set aside.