Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000200/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 March 1996.
1. This was an appeal against a sentence of 15 months for aiding and abetting an illegal immigrant to remain in Hong Kong. In accordance with the authorities, this was a perfectly proper sentence and the appeal would have been dismissed had there not been very strong humanitarian reasons for allowing it. Since the commission of this offence, it has become known that the Appellant's son is suffering from a very aggressive form of childhood leukemia which has required surgery. The boy's chances of