Read the full judgment text of CACC 000278/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 29 October 1999.
1. The Applicant was charged together with four other persons and tried before District Judge Whaley. The five persons before the Judge faced four charges that involved claiming to be a member of a triad society and blackmail. The matter arose out of a report by a restaurateur to the police that protection money was demanded from him for his restaurant which was to be opened soon in Tsimshatsui. That demand took place on 15 October 1998 and it was made by D1 and D3. On that occasion, D1 also cla