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Wong Cheng was accused of smoking opium aboard a merchant vessel anchored in Manila Bay. The court had to determine if it had jurisdiction over crimes committed on foreign vessels in territorial waters. It ruled that under international law as well as Philippine law, crimes that disturb the public peace can be prosecuted locally. Smoking opium within Philippine territory disturbed public order, even if done on a foreign ship, as it allowed the drug

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Shiela Brown

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