Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000002/2006 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 February 2006.
1. This is an appeal against a sentence of 15 months’ imprisonment imposed following a plea of guilty to an offence of the possession of a forged Hong Kong identity card. The matter came to light because police officers were conducting identity checks at an apartment block that contained apartments used by single prostitutes. The Appellant was found there. He was asked for proof of identity and he proffered a forged Hong Kong identity card. The whole card was forged; it was not a case of pho