Read the full judgment text of HCMP 487/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 May 2019.
1. On 14 March 2014, the Macau Criminal Court of First Instance convicted Mr Lau Luen Hung, a Hong Kong permanent resident and a well-known and highly successful businessman, in absentia of bribery and money laundering and sentenced him to five years and three months’ imprisonment. Mr Lau’s subsequent appeals were all rejected. Mr Lau complained that his trial and conviction in absentia amounted to a flagrant denial of justice, which were fundamentally unfair. Be that as it may, Mr Lau remain