Read the full judgment text of CACC 000242/2003 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 20 April 2004.
1. On 9 June 2003, the applicants (D1 to D4 respectively) were convicted following a trial in the District Court before Judge Chua on charges of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law and section 159C(6) of the Crimes Ordinance, Cap. 200. D1, D2 and D3, who were all convicted on three charges, were each sentenced to two years and eight months' imprisonment. D4, who was convicted on the two charges he faced (charges 2 and 3) received a term of imprisonment which was one month shorter than