Hong Kong Police Officers Lose Appeal in Drug-Planting Cover-Up Case
Four Hong Kong police officers lost their appeal against convictions and sentences for framing a street sleeper with drugs and covering up evidence six years ago, with judges ruling they abandoned the rule of law.
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Hong Kong police officers lose appeal over framing homeless man, evidence cover-up
Four disgraced Hong Kong police officers have lost their appeal against convictions and jail terms for framing a homeless man for drug possession and destroying evidence of the cover-up six years ago. In a written judgment on Thursday, the Court of Appeal said the officers must have intended to pervert the course of justice when they tried to obstruct surveillance cameras while colleagues fabricated evidence against a street sleeper during an anti-drug operation on February 4, 2020. The three...
By Brian Wong
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Four police officers have lost their bids to overturn their convictions and sentences for framing a street sleeper for possessing drugs and covering up evidence of their actions six years ago, with the judges ruling that they had abandoned the rule of law. The Court of Appeal on Thursday ruled against the four police officers, […]
By James Lee
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