Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000420/1990 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 July 1990.
1. The Appellant pleaded not guilty in the Magistrates Court to two charges, each of which alleged the commission of an offence under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, Cap. 201 ("the Ordinance"). The first alleged that, on a day unknown in December, 1988, contrary to s.3 of the Ordinance he, being a Crown servant (a police constable) without the general or special permission of the Governor, accepted an advantage by way of a loan of $2,000 from one Hui Chit Pak. The second alleged that on 27t