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本上訴是第 二申請人（「 徐女士 」）就區域法院法官翁喬奇（「 原審法官 」）於2024 年11 月6 日在家事法庭頒下的經修訂附屬濟助命令（「 該命令 」）提出的上訴。根據該命令：

Customs officers intercepted two inbound postal parcels from Malaysia on 12 and 13 January 2022, each concealing heroin inside toy cars, totalling 2,928 grammes with an estimated retail value of HK$3,816,945. The appellant had recruited a 16-year-old girl, Choi Ching-yi, and another young woman, Zhao Zhixin, to collect the parcels as named consignees for a reward of HK$20,000 per parcel, communicating with them via Signal. Following a controlled delivery, Choi collected Parcel 1 on 20 January 2022 and was arrested together with the appellant as she was about to board a taxi with him to hand over the parcel.

On 3 May 2021, the appellant pleaded guilty before a magistrate to a single charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug involving 3,457 grammes of a mixture containing 3,038 grammes of heroin hydrochloride, contrary to section 4(1)(a) and (3) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap 134. On 14 September 2021, he confirmed his plea before Deputy Judge Bruce SC (“the judge”) and was sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment.

On 23 July 2026, we handed down our decision [1] dismissing Chu’s application to vary the gross sum assessment in the CA Judgment handed down on 29 May 2026 [2] . In §22 of our decision, we made a costs order against Chu as the unsuccessful party and assessed costs summarily awarded to the opposing parties at: $54,640 (Lau), $71,904 (Yen) and $69,562 (Greenwood). The costs order and gross sum assessment are orders nisi .

The five applicants, together with three other co-defendants, were charged with affray, contrary to common law and punishable under section 101I(1) of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, Cap 221 (Charge 1) and unlawful assembly, contrary to section 18(1) and (3) of the Public Order Ordinance, Cap 245 (Charge 2). Charge 2 was laid as an alternative to Charge 1.