Read the full judgment text of HCOA 000001/1996 on BabelCite. This HCOA judgment was delivered on 2 July 1996.
1. "East Touch" is a weekly magazine in the Chinese language. It is published by East Touch Publisher Ltd. ("the publishers"). Issue 42 of the magazine was published on 29th March 1995. It included an article about what it described as a "Festival of Pornography". In due course, the publishers were served with a summons alleging that the magazine had been displayed on a newspaper stall without an accompanying warning that the magazine contained material which may offend, and should not get into