Read the full judgment text of CACC 000061/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 6 November 1997.
1. The Applicant was convicted on 5th January 1996 of two charges following a trial in the District Court before Her Honour Judge Chu. The first charge, contrary to s.9 of the Theft Ordinance Cap.210, related to the theft on 15th October 1990 of a chose in action, namely a debt of $12,800,000 owed by Sanwa Bank Ltd. to Kosei Securities Company (Asia) Limited ("Kosei Asia"). The second charge of false accounting contrary to s.19(1)(a) of the same Ordinance alleged that the Applicant had, on or ab