Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000179/1984 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 18 May 1984.
1. This is an appeal against conviction. The appellant, who was a sergeant of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, faced 3 charges, namely soliciting an advantage from Lai Yuen-hing (known throughout the trial as "B") of $500 as an inducement for his abstaining from taking action against Lai and Miss Chen Hung-hung ("A") in respect of alleged acts of indecency committed between them; a second charge of accepting the sum of $500 from Lai for the same reason and a third charge of obtaining the $500 f