Cheng Heng Lee and Another v Public Prosecutor

JurisdictionSingapore
Judgment Date30 October 1998
Date30 October 1998
Docket NumberCriminal Appeal No 6 of 1998
CourtCourt of Appeal (Singapore)

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4 cases
  • Tan Kiam Peng v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 28 September 2007
    ...Ltd [2006] 1 WLR 1476; [2006] 1 All ER 333 (refd) Chan Chi Pun v PP [1994] 1 SLR (R) 654; [1994] 2 SLR 61 (refd) Cheng Heng Lee v PP [1998] 3 SLR (R) 747; [1999] 1 SLR 504 (refd) Chou Kooi Pang v PP [1998] 3 SLR (R) 205; [1998] 3 SLR 593 (refd) Compania Maritima San Basilo S A v Oceanus Mut......
  • Public Prosecutor v Apinyowichian Yongyut and others
    • Singapore
    • District Court (Singapore)
    • 13 May 2015
    ...bin Din v PP [1995] 1 SLR(R) 419; Vadugaiah Mahendran v PP [1995] 3 SLR(R) 719; Chai Chien Wei Kelvin, Cheng Heng Lee and another v PP [1998] 3 SLR(R) 747. 31 PP v Ramasamy al Sebastian [1990] 2 SLR(R) 197; Tang Tuck Wah v PP [1991] 1 SLR(R) 576; Ismail bin Abdul Rahman v PP [2004] 2 SLR(R)......
  • Public Prosecutor v Mohamed Ansari bin Mohamed Abdul Aziz and another
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 14 November 2019
    ...Limb I now turn to whether SI Fathli’s Inducement operated as an inducement. In Cheng Heng Lee and another v Public Prosecutor [1998] 3 SLR(R) 747 at [30], the Court of Appeal held that had the investigating officer truly told the accused, “You better cooperate with me and I will help you. ......
  • Mohd Arsad bin Hassan v Public Prosecutor
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 23 August 2004
    ...to examine the package in question, and the person failed to make any effort to find out what the contents were: see Cheng Heng Lee v PP [1999] 1 SLR 504 at 19 The same requirement may be applied to the appellant’s defence. The question can be raised whether he had reasonable grounds to bel......
2 books & journal articles
  • CULPABILITY IN THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2013, December 2013
    • 1 December 2013
    ...Fong[1996] 1 SLR(R) 734]. See Michael Hor, “Illegal Immigration: Principle and Pragmatism in the Criminal Law” (2002) 14 SAcLJ 18. 62 [1998] 3 SLR(R) 747 at [46]. See also, eg, the dissenting judgment in Public Prosecutor v Hla Win[1995] 2 SLR(R) 104 at [50] (“he did not take the trouble to......
  • MISUSE OF DRUGS AND ABERRATIONS IN THE CRIMINAL LAW
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2001, December 2001
    • 1 December 2001
    ...offence (Creighton[1993] 3 SCR 3), actual foresight of substantial risk, or recklessness, is constitutionally required for murder. 63 [1999] 1 SLR 504, p 520. 64 [2000] 1 SLR 683. Thean JA and Lai J were members of the Court of Appeal in both Cheng Heng Lee and Abdul Ra’uf. 65 31 May 1999, ......