Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001044/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 4 December 2001.
1. On 29 August 2001, the appellant, a male aged 26 years, pleaded guilty before Miss E Loh, magistrate, of the offence of remain in Hong Kong without authority having landed here unlawfully. The summary of facts reveals the all too familiar account of the Mainlander coming into Hong Kong by means of hiding in the chassis of a trailer that had made the journey from Shenzhen. The appellant was seen to crawl from the trailer and catch a taxi but he was later apprehended and admitted to the illegal