Read the full judgment text of HCA 009748/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 June 1999.
1. The Plaintiff instituted proceedings in his personal name (the 1st Plaintiff) and again in his name trading as Hong Kong Washington Company (the 2nd Plaintiff) against the six defendants in defamation. The 1st to 5th Defendants are the publisher, editor and reporters of Oriental Daily News. The 5th Defendant has not entered appearance nor has any affirmation of service of the writ been filed. He is therefore not a party to this hearing. The 6th Defendant is a reporter of Eastweek Magazine whi