Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000816/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 18 December 1998.
1. The Appellant pleaded guilty to two charges, (1) remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of Director of Immigration after having landed unlawfully in Hong Kong, (2) breach of deportation order. I don't propose to go into the facts of the case, I am given to understand the Appellant today is not seeking to criticize the severity of the sentence, instead, he urged upon me to act mercifully. He advanced the reason that he wanted to go back to Vietnam to look after his elderly parents. His f