Read the full judgment text of CACC 000724/1993 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The applicant at trial faced one charge of blackmail. This was particularized as follows: that he and the 1st defendant Hui Ching-yin, to whom we shall refer hereafter as Ah Yin, on 11th day of May, 1992, at Kam Lun Restaurant, Western, in Hong Kong, with a view to gain for themselves and others, made an unwarranted demand of $50,000 Hong Kong currency from Chu Chi-hung with menaces. He was convicted after trial in the District Court before Judge Livesey and was sentenced to imprisonment for