Read the full judgment text of CACV 261/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 29 March 1999.
1. The plaintiff was the publisher of the Oriental Daily News. The 1st defendant was the publisher of a weekly magazine called "The Next Magazine". On 1 August 1996, a Legislative Councillor, Mr Cheng Ka-fu (Cheng) made a statement (the Speech) to a Legislative Council Panel Meeting on Recreation and Culture. From 4 August to 9 August 1996, the plaintiff published 11 articles about the Speech. On 9 August 1996, the 1st defendant published at p. 87 of the 325th issue of the Next Magazine an artic