Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000571/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 August 1998.
1. This is an all too familiar case. The Appellant, a 19 years old single Chinese girl, who entered Hong Kong illegally from China on 23rd May 1998. After entering Hong Kong, she was given a Chinese permit by a middleman. Apart from the photograph, all the other personal particulars recorded in that permit did not relate to the Appellant. In return for being given that permit, the Appellant was to work illegally in Hong Kong for the middleman who had arranged for that permit.