Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000885/1993 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 15 March 1994.
1. On 5 October 1993, the appellant was arrested at the Kowloon Motor Bus Depot for having in his possession a Vietnamese Refugee Card with the photograph which was not his. The card was therefore a forgery. He had in fact escaped from the Whitehead Detention Centre some eight months previously on 9 February 1993, and bought the forged identity card for $2000 for the purpose of obtaining employment at the Bus Depot. He was charged with possession of unlawfully altered Vietnamese Refugee Card and