28 Jun 1994
R. v. NG MING
- Citation
- R. v. NG MING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1001/1993
The convictions were quashed because the magistrate improperly entered provisional verdicts 'subject to Bill of Rights arguments'—a conviction cannot be rendered subject to further argument—and there was prima facie denial of the appellant's right to secure attendance of defence witnesses where the Immigration Department, knowing of their willingness to stay, repatriated them before trial; failure to procure witness summonses was not gross negligence and the Director could have considered s.13 applications without formal summonses.