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We are satisfied that leave to appeal should be granted in respect of the following Questions, namely:

The plaintiffs are liquidators of Tenwow International Holdings Limited (a Cayman-incorporated company listed in Hong Kong, engaged in beverage manufacturing in the Mainland) and its wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary Nan Pu International Limited. The defendants are PwC HK (auditor for 2013-2017) and PwC ZT (Mainland component auditor). The liquidators allege audit negligence resulting in undetected defalcations and financial misstatements causing losses exceeding RMB 3.1 billion. PwC ZT holds 1,513 audit working papers ('D2 Documents') in its Shanghai office, including on its proprietary audit software platform. PwC ZT maintains that Mainland law prohibits transfer of these documents to Hong Kong without approval. The Ministry of Finance confirmed it could not approve such transfer and indicated the appropriate channel was through mutual judicial assistance under the Mutual Arrangement.

This case concerns a telephone deception scam. It was alleged that, on 27 April 2023, the applicant (D1) and Lee Chung Wa (D2) conspired together with other persons unknown to defraud Chan Kwok Hoi (PW1), by dishonestly falsely representing that PW1’s son was in need of money, inducing PW1 to pay HK$200,000 (Charge 1). Alternatively, it was alleged that, on 27 April 2023, D1 and D2, together with other persons unknown, attempted to deal with property, namely a sum of HK$200,000 in cash, known

On 2 April 2022, police entered Room 2110, Hoi Yan House, Hoi Fu Court, Mong Kok, during an anti-narcotics operation. The applicant, the flat's registered tenant, was found lying on a bed inside. Six re-sealable bags containing 8.49g of methamphetamine hydrochloride ("Ice") were found on Ms Hon, who had opened the door. A metal box on a table held four bags containing 17.0g of "Ice", an electronic scale, multiple empty re-sealable bags, and two glass bottles each with a straw. A pouch on a bedside desk contained 14.4g of herbal cannabis. The street value of the drugs found inside the flat was HK$9,895.60 ("Ice") and HK$2,621 (cannabis). The applicant claimed the drugs were for personal consumption and occasional sharing with friends; Ms Hon said the "Ice" had been given to her free by the applicant.

2024年9月24日，申請人於上訴法庭存檔傳票，就高等法院原訟法庭法官陳嘉信 (「 陳法官 」) 於2024年9月11日作出的命令申請上訴許可。

申請人在區域法院法官葉佐文（「 原審法官 」）席前就四項控罪（「襲擊他人致造成身體傷害」罪（ 控罪(1) ）、「非法禁錮」罪（ 控罪(2) ）、「勒索」罪（ 控罪(3) ）和「刑事恐嚇」罪（ 控罪(5) ））受審後，被裁定控罪(2)和控罪(5)罪名成立。

On 26 November 2024, the applicant was convicted after trial before Deputy District Court Judge Amy Chan (the judge) of one charge of riot, contrary to section 19(1) and (2) of the Public Order Ordinance (Cap 245) (Charge 1), and one charge of conspiracy to wound with intent, contrary to section 17(a) of the Offences against the Person Ordinance (Cap 212) and sections 159A and 159C of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap 200) (Charge 2). On 23 December 2024, the applicant was sentenced to concurrent ter