Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000268/2005 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The Appellant (who was D1 at the trial) originally faced two charges. He was jointly charged with another person with an offence of “Criminal Intimidation” (1 st charge); and he alone faced one charge of “Claiming to be a Member of a Triad Society”, contrary to section 20(2) of the Societies Ordinance Cap. 151 (2 nd charge). (It should be noted that the date of the 2 nd charge was amended from 5 th day of October to 8 th day of October at the end of the prosecution case).