Read the full judgment text of CACC 000550/1982 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 3 November 1982.
1. Tongbai Mitwongsa (42) and Tasaneeporn Mitwongsa (24) are husband and wife. On the 29th November 1981 they flew in from Bangkok and were arrested at Hong Kong Airport by the police who acted on information. After a search which revealed nothing incriminating, both husband and wife were taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The reason for their being taken to hospital was that the police suspected them to have dangerous drug's concealed inside their bodies. After having been given medication, th