Read the full judgment text of HCMP 000634/1978 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. This is a preliminary point taken by learned counsel for the Crown on an application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by one CHEUNG KAM PING whom I shall refer to as the Applicant. The Applicant was born in Macau on 23rd April, 1949 but there is some slight dispute that he was, in fact, born on 23rd April, 1950. This difference does not affect the issue. He lived in Macau until 21st July, 1970 when he came to Hong Kong by an illegal means. In other words, he stole into Hong Kong and landed illegal