Read the full judgment text of HCMP 000407/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 June 1998.
1. The Oriental Daily News is the most popular newspaper in Hong Kong. Towards the end of last year, it embarked on a campaign against the Judiciary. The campaign has resulted in these proceedings for contempt of court. So far as we know, this is the first prosecution in Hong Kong's legal history of a contempt of court consisting of "scandalising the court" and "interfering with the administration of justice as a continuing process".
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