Conscience (1994)

Conscience 1994 / 第三類法庭 1994 / Dai Sam Leui Fat Ting , Di San Lei Fa Ting ,

Wai Hoi Yee is a reporter who first met the eccentric but brilliant bookworm Ma Jung Bo when she went over to his apartment to do an interview. After she inadvertently took one of his books, he follows her around trying to get it back. One day, Hoi Yee's mother's lover invites Hoi Yee out and tries to rape her. She accidentally kills him in self defense and starts a fire. Hoi Yee is then embroiled in the legal battle of her life after she's arrested for murder, but doesn't realize that Jung Bo witnessed the entire incident and could clear her name.