Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000058/2009 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 March 2009.
1. On 24 November 2008, the Appellant was convicted by a Magistrate sitting at Eastern Magistracy of an offence of claiming to be a member of a triad society contrary to Section 20(2) of the Societies Ordinance, Chapter 151, Laws of Hong Kong. He was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. It is against the conviction only that the Appellant now appeals.