Read the full judgment text of CACC 000161/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 4 October 1996.
1. There are two applicants before the court - Yip Chi-wai, who was D1 at the trial, and CHOI Chi-ho, who was D3 at the trial. D1 faced two charges of blackmail (Charges 8 and 9) and one of claiming to be a member of a triad society (Charge 10). D3 faced four charges of money lending (Charges 1 to 4), one of claiming to be a member of a triad society (Charge 5), one of inviting a person to become a member of the triad society (Charge 6) and two of blackmail (Charges 7 and 8). Charge 8, one of th