Read the full judgment text of HCMA 575/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 March 2020.
1. On 25 November 2019, the appellant pleaded guilty to one count of remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration after having landed unlawfully contrary to section 38(1)(b) of the Immigration Ordinance, Cap 115 (“unlawful remaining”) on 16 December 2014. He was arrested on 10 March 2015, for an offence of Conspiracy to Defraud, at which time he was also arrested for unlawful remaining.