Alex Kwong Wong was convicted in June 2006 on charges of importing methamphetamine, supplying the drug, and money laundering.

Alex Kwong Wong was convicted in June 2006 on charges of importing methamphetamine, supplying the drug, and money laundering.The Supreme Court has ordered the re-trial of a man on drug dealing and money laundering charges because too few jurors decided his case.The court says the single appeal issue was whether exceptional circumstances existed to allow the trial to continue with 10 jurors when the defence did not agree.One juror had been discharged because he had exams to sit and the second because she was verbally abused, intimidated and spat at by a man near the court.The Supreme Court has decided there were no exceptional circumstances for carrying on with 10 jurors and says a substantial miscarriage of justice has therefore occurred.It has quashed the convictions and ordered a re-trial.

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