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Public Prosecutor v Hla Win

[1995] 2 SLR(R) 104; [1995] 2 SLR 424
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtCourt of Appeal of Singapore
Year1995
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

An accused is wilfully blind, and so treated as having actual knowledge, where he suspects the nature of what he possesses but deliberately refrains from inquiry to avoid confirmation.

Area of Law

c

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