Read the full judgment text of CACC 000008/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 11 June 1999.
1. The applicant Yik Kam-hung was jointly charged with five other defendants with theft. He was D3 in this charge. The charge (the 4th charge in the charge sheet) alleged that the applicant together with D1, D2, D4, D5 and D6 on or about 23rd January 1998 at Hong Kong Bank China Building in Hong Kong stole a chose in action, namely a debt in the sum of $1,152,934.52 owed by Hong Kong Bank to Harmony Securities Limited, the property of Harmony Securities Limited. The applicant was also charged wi