Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001166/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 25 January 1996.
1. This was an appeal against a conviction for making off without payment for a meal in a restaurant. The appellant is a serving police officer. The I.C.A.C. were conducting an undercover operation at the Hung Fat Restaurant in Yiu Tung Street as they had received complaints about the restaurant giving advantages to police officers in order not to be prosecuted for obstruction. The I.C.A.C. officers at that restaurant observed a group of police officers in uniform having a meal, the estimated co