Read the full judgment text of FAMC 000001/2001 on BabelCite. This FAMC judgment was delivered on 16 February 2001.
1. The applicants were convicted after trial in the District Court for conspiracy to contravene section 25(1) of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance, Cap. 455 and each was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. Conspiracy is of course now a statutory offence by virtue of section 159A(1) of the Crimes Ordinance, Cap. 200. They seek leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal on points of law which they seek to have certified as being of great and general importance.