Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000378/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 7 August 1997.
1. The appellant appeared before a magistrate on two charges. The first was the offence of remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration having landed unlawfully in Hong Kong and the second being possession of an imitation firearm, which he was jointly charged with another man. He pleaded guilty to the first charge and was convicted after trial of the second. He was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment on the first charge and 18 months' imprisonment on the second ch