Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001024/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 4 February 1998.
1. The appellant was convicted on 15th October 1997 of three counts of theft and one count of Remaining in Hong Kong without the Authority of the Director of Immigration after having landed unlawfully in Hong Kong. He was sentenced to five months' imprisonment on each of the theft charges, to be served consecutively, and 15 months' imprisonment on the charge of Remaining in Hong Kong without the Authority of the Director of Immigration, to run consecutively with the 15 months imposed in respect