Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000234/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 15 July 1999.
1. The Appellant was convicted after trial by a magistrate for assault occasioning actual bodily harm, contrary to common law and punishable under s.39 of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance, Cap.212, in that on 6 October 1998, at Flat D, 20th Floor, Block 14, Yuet Wu Villa, Tuen Mun, he assaulted Filipina Silawan Julie Balonggay, thereby occasioning actual bodily harm to her.