Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001072/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 13 February 1996.
1. This was an appeal against a forfeiture order made by the learned Magistrate. The facts of the case were that at 9:30 a.m.on 26th November 1994, A Custom launch intercepted a Chinese cargo vessel in Hong Kong Waters. The vessel was boarded. After a through search, there was found concealed and wrapped in kraft paper the electrical goods which were the subject of the charge. They included cameras, movie cameras, fax machines, walkman, discman, radios etc. Three men were arrested and later pros