Read the full judgment text of CACC 405/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 30 March 2000.
1. The applicant for leave to appeal admitted that at about 11:15 on 27 May 1999 he steered a sampan into Hong Kong waters. Apart from the applicant, there were 11 people, both male and female, on board the sampan. These people were unauthorized entrants. The applicant admitted that he conveyed these people to Hong Kong from Shanwei area. Subsequently, he pleaded guilty in the District Court to a charge of being a member of the crew of a ship which carried unauthorized entrants into Hong Kon