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1. This is an application for leave to appeal against conviction by Li Pan-man who was the first defendant in the court below. He was charged with five other persons and was found guilty on two charges as follows. Charge 3: False imprisonment – having between December 1993 and 8 January 1994 unlawfully imprisoned Ma Pui-ching and detained her against her will. Charge 9: Living on the earnings of prostitution – having between December 1993 and 8 January 1994 at Mongkok lived on the earnings of pr