Witness to a Prosecution

*Witness to a Prosecution*
Witness to a Prosecution
Genre	Costume drama; Historical fiction; Crime drama
Directed by	Wong Siu Kit; Ng Siu Wing; Sin Yin Fong
Starring	Bobby Au-yeung; Frankie Lam; Jessica Hsuan; Mariane Chan; Michael Tse; Lo Mang
Theme music composer	Peter Kam
Opening theme	"Only One" (一個人) by Eason Chan
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language	Cantonese
No. of episodes	22
Production
Producer	Siu Hin Fai
Production location	Hong Kong
Editors	Chiu Ching Yung; Chan Ching Yee; Ng Siu Tung
Camera setup	Multi camera
Running time	42 – 45 minutes
Production company	TVB
Original release
Network	TVB Jade
Release	20 December 1999 –; 16 January 2000

Template:Infobox Chinese-language series and movie Witness to a Prosecution (Traditional Chinese: 洗冤錄; literally Cases of Injustice Rectified) is a Hong Kong historical crime fiction television drama produced by Siu Hin Fai. The original broadcast was on the TVB Jade network with 45-minute episodes airing five days a week from 20 December 1999 to 16 January 2000.

The drama stars Bobby Au-yeung as the famous historical forensic medical expert Song Ci ("Sung Chi" in Cantonese romanization). Witness to a Prosecution tells a fictionalized account of Sung Chi's modest beginnings and the events leading to the creation of his book Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified, the world's earliest documentation of forensic science.

A subsequent sequel was released in 2007.

Synopsis

For 30 years, nighttime keeper Sung Chi (Bobby Au-yeung) was despised in To Yuen village due to his posthumous birth in a coffin, having only the sickly scholar Sit Dan (Michael Tse) and the coolie Cha Siu-chaan (Lo Mang) as his friends. After disputing with the village chief over his family's land, Chi, along with a homeless female thief Tong Sze (Jessica Hsuan), are accused as murderers and are sentenced to death. The village's newly appointed judge Sung Yik (Frankie Lam) finds the case suspicious and investigates the case himself. With the help of the mysterious experienced coroner Ma Kwai (Lau Kong), Yik successfully revokes Chi and Sze's sentences. Kwai becomes Chi's coroner master, and Yik employs Chi to be his personal forensic medical doctor. The two become good friends, successfully solving many murder cases in town. Sze develops an obvious crush on Yik, unaware that Yik and Lip Fung (Mariane Chan), daughter of senior constable Lip Yan-lung, are already in a close relationship. Chi, on the other hand, falls for Lam Choi-dip (Eileen Yeow), the spoiled daughter of rich merchant Lam To (Lee Lung Kei). Choi-dip, however, develops a growing fondness for Yik.

Several years later, a man also by the name of Sung Yik shows up in Yik's manor. Threatened by the possibility of losing all that he has achieved since his impersonation as Sung Yik, the current Yik kills the real Sung Yik and buries him in the garden of the Sung manor. Not wanting his position as judge to be stripped from him, Yik marries Choi-dip, whose family is in friendly relations with many higher officials.

Chi begins to deal with internal conflict as he unknowingly discovers the body of the real Sung Yik. He begins questioning the motives of the current Yik, whom he has always treated as his best friend.