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On 9 July 2021, the applicant was intercepted leaving his residence carrying a recycled bag containing cocaine. Inside the premises, police found a further quantity of cocaine together with paraphernalia and chemicals commonly used for making crack cocaine. His DNA and fingerprints were found on various items. The total estimated street value of the seized drugs was HK$3,108,971.46 for powdered cocaine and HK$3,663,582.02 for crack cocaine. The applicant admitted under caution to manufacturing and delivering "cooked" cocaine for others to earn money, and in a video-recorded interview stated he had been delivering cocaine for "Ah Shing" or "KK" for about three months. He took cocaine home and manufactured it into "bricks" by adding baking soda and hot water, steaming and drying the mixture, and delivered the cooked cocaine on instructions, receiving about HK$50,000 in cash rewards.

Emagist developed and published online, web, social and mobile games, while Mr Boniface Lee Shiu Yin and ARTS were involved in creating Ninja Saga, a Facebook online role-playing game. In August 2012, the ART creators, together with CHENG ERIC TAK KWONG, removed the Game’s source code from Emagist’s workstations and migrated it to NETHER GAMES (HONG KONG) LIMITED’s office, interrupting the Game and causing it to lose popularity. Emagist estimated a revenue loss of about $3.8 million and commenced HCA 1659/2012, asserting copyright ownership and claims including copyright infringement, trespass to chattels, conversion, detinue, breaches of employment contracts, confidentiality and fiduciary duty, and acts injurious to Emagist. After trial, the judge rejected an alleged oral partnership, found that the ART defendants were employees who wrote the relevant code and databases, held that Emagist owned the copyright, dismissed the counterclaims, and ordered the ART defendants to pay US$455,928.39 plus interest. ARTS and Nether then appealed, and the Respondents sought security based on unpaid taxed costs and evidence that the Appellants lacked substantial assets.

On 13 March 2026, the applicant filed a Notice of Motion to apply for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal against this court’s judgment of 5 March 2026 (“ the Judgment ”) ( [2026] HKCA 298 ). In the Judgment, we dismissed the applicant’s reapplication for extension of time to appeal against the decision of Deputy High Court Judge KW Lung (“ the Judge ”) dated 15 May 2025, by which the Judge refused his application for leave to apply for judicial r

On 21 April 2026, the applicants filed a Notice of Motion to apply for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal against this court’s judgment of 10 April 2026 (“ the Judgment ”) ( [2026] HKCA 515 ). In the Judgment, we dismissed the applicants’ appeal against the decision of Deputy High Court Judge Bruno Chan (“ the Judge ”) dated 9 October 2025, by which the Judge refused their application for leave to apply for judicial review ( [2025] HKCFI 4675 ).

On 24 April 2026, the applicants [1] filed a Notice of Motion to apply for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal against this court’s judgment of 10 April 2026 (“ the Judgment ”) ( [2026] HKCA 621 ). In the Judgment, we dismissed the applicants’ appeal against the decision of Deputy High Court Judge KW Lung (“ the Judge ”) dated 29 April 2025, by which the Judge refused their application for leave to apply for judicial review ( [2025] HKCFI 1267 ).