CHING HWA MING (QIN HUAMING) v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
Outcome
Appeal allowed in part“Therefore, I dismissed the appeals on conviction and allowed the appeals against sentence.”
Source: [2023] SGHC 310, High Court (General Division), decided 30 October 2023. Read directly from the judgment.
Key facts
| Court | High Court (General Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judge | Kannan Ramesh |
| Charges / claim | Criminal Law |
| Outcome | Appeal allowed in part |
| Counsel | Attorney-General's Chambers, Bishop Law Corporation, Circular Law Chambers LLP, Netto & Magin LLC, Aylwyn Seto Zi You, Balachandran Suren Jaesh, Cheng You Duen, David Menon, Luke Anton Netto, Tay Jingxi, Wong Ci |
Source: [2023] SGHC 310, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
Ching Hwa Ming (Qin Huaming) v Public Prosecutor and another appeal [2023] SGHC 310 is a grounds of decision of Kannan Ramesh JAD in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 30 October 2023 in Magistrate's Appeals Nos 9108 and 9109 of 2021. The appellants, Ching Hwa Ming (Qin Huaming) and Li Keng Wan (Liu Qingyuan), the director and manager of Nam Hong Engineering Pte Ltd, each faced two charges of conspiring to corruptly gratify under section 5(b)(i) read with section 29(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, were convicted and sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment. Kannan Ramesh JAD dismissed their appeals against conviction but allowed the appeals against sentence, lowering each sentence to 12 months' imprisonment.
Summary
Two appellants, the director and manager of a construction company, were each convicted in the District Court of two charges of conspiring to corruptly gratify under the Prevention of Corruption Act and sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment. On appeal to the General Division of the High Court, the court dismissed the appeals against conviction but allowed the appeals against sentence, treating the matter as one of private-sector corruption and reducing each sentence from 16 months to 12 months' imprisonment.
What was Ching Hwa Ming v Public Prosecutor [2023] SGHC 310 about?
It was an appeal by Ching Hwa Ming (Qin Huaming) and Li Keng Wan (Liu Qingyuan) before Kannan Ramesh JAD against their convictions and 16-month sentences for conspiring to corruptly gratify under the Prevention of Corruption Act, decided on 30 October 2023.
How did the court rule on the appeals in [2023] SGHC 310?
Kannan Ramesh JAD dismissed the appeals against conviction but allowed the appeals against sentence, lowering each appellant's sentence from 16 months' to 12 months' imprisonment for the corruption offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2023] SGHC 310)