Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001067/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 February 1998.
1. This Appellant appeals against sentence in respect of two charges, one of possession of an identity card relating to another person; the second a charge of remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration after having landed unlawfully in Hong Kong. The Respondent has conceded that the second charge was in fact incorrect, it was laid incorrectly as a result of lies told by Appellant to the police. She should have been charged with Breach of Condition of Stay but tol