Read the full judgment text of HCMA 628/2016 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 3 February 2017.
1. The Appellant, now a torture claimant, was convicted after trial in the Magistrates’ Court on two charges. Charge 1 was of dealing with goods to which the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap 109) applies, contrary to Section 17(1) as read with Section 46(3) of that Ordinance. It was alleged that on 4 October 2016 at 257 Tai Nan Street in Sham Shui Po, he so dealt with 8,894 sticks of cigarettes. Charge 2 was of establishing business after having landed in Hong Kong unlawfully and remained i