Read the full judgment text of CACC 000429/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 12 February 1998.
1. The 1st Applicant Lam Shui Tung and the 2nd Applicant Lam Sau Pui were jointly charged with another defendant in the District Court of being a member of the crew of a ship which entered Hong Kong with unauthorised entrants on board. The two Applicants were convicted after a trial and were each sentenced to 3 years and 6 months' imprisonment. They originally sought leave to appeal against conviction and sentence. But at the hearing, the 2nd Applicant abandoned his applications altogether, both