Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 12 March 1999.
1. On 11March 1998, the 1 st Applicant, Chan Kam-fung and the 2 nd Applicant, Wong Kam-lun each pleaded guilty to a charge of kidnapping in the Court of First Instance in the High Court. The Applicants were each sentenced to imprisonment for 6 years and 8 months. On 13 October 1998, they applied for leave to appeal against sentences out of time on the grounds that they were illegal immigrants and were ignorant of the laws of Hong Kong and that they were not aware of the time limit for appeal