28 Jun 1989
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LI SIU LAM
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LI SIU LAM
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC527/1988
An entirely exculpatory (self‑serving) cautioned statement is admissible only as evidence of the accused's reaction/spontaneity and not as evidence of the truth of its contents; trial judges must inquire into spontaneity and exclude prepared 'set‑piece' defences; where statements are rightly admitted as reaction the admission was proper but not for the broader rationale of creating a 'balanced picture' when no inculpatory material exists.