Read the full judgment text of CACV 000142/1991 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellants in these five appeals are police officers who, in September 1986, were members of the 13-strong Kowloon Regional Special Duties Squad No. 2. On the 4th of that month the squad arrested a drug trafficker, one Choi. With Choi's assistance his supplier, one Lo, was also arrested. With information obtained from Lo further action was planned for the following day. However Lo did not then take part as had been expected, for in the meantime he had lodged a complaint of ill-treatment a