Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000533/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 August 1999.
1. The Appellant, Tran Quoc Long, pleaded guilty to three charges, namely: possession of a forged Vietnamese refugee card; remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration after having landed unlawfully in Hong Kong and breach of a deportation order. In respect of the first offence, the Appellant was sentenced to 8 months' imprisonment. In respect of the second offence, he was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment of which 4 months are to run concurrently. In respect of