Read the full judgment text of CACC 000437/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 7 October 1998.
1. The Appellant was convicted on 23rd July 1997 on his own plea of guilty of being a member of the crew of a ship entering Hong Kong waters with unauthorised entrants on board. The Appellant was the helmsman of a motorised sampan and there were 4 men, 11 women and 1 child on board. There were no safety harnesses and the boat was travelling at night without navigation lights.