Meng Dong and Legwan Mavhunga v The State

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether magistrate committed irregularity by denying bail without conducting inquiry on likelihood of interference with witnesses","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Magistrate concluded appellants likely to interfere based on conduct \"speaks volumes\" without inquiry"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether having a case to answer is valid ground for denying bail","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Magistrate denied bail partly because appellants have case to answer due to money exchange"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether pending irrelevant cases justify denial of bail for likelihood of committing First Schedule offences","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Appellants on bail for other matters, magistrate concluded they likely to commit further offences"}

Background