Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 11 February 1998.
1. The appellant stood trial in the High Court before Chief Judge Chan, as he now is, and a jury on five counts of conspiracy to traffick in a dangerous drug. In January 1995, he was convicted of all his five 1993 conspiracies and sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment on each. The sentences were ordered to run concurrently. In November 1995, the Chief Judge made a Confiscation Order in the sum of $57,598,843. The appellant was to serve a further term of 7 years consecutive to the 25-year concurren