Read the full judgment text of CACC 000191/1982 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 27 August 1982.
1. On the morning of the 5th of April 1981 a walls-walls or shuttle ferry carrying persons from the m/v LU Chiang was intercepted by a Customs & Excise launch as it was about to enter the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter prior to off-loading its passengers at the Man Cheong Ferry Pier within the shelter. On the approach of the launch, two men jumped from the walls-walls into the sea. They were followed by several Customs & Excise officers who, one imagines at considerable risk to themselves, effected an