Read the full judgment text of CACC 000541/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 3 March 1999.
1. There were, originally, nine defendants in this matter and they faced five charges. The applicants before us today were D1, D2 and D8 at trial. The 1st applicant (D1) faced one charge of false imprisonment, contrary to Common Law, it being alleged that he, on 20th October 1997, at the Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal, Sheung Wan, unlawfully and injuriously imprisoned Leung Chun-kei and detained him against his will.