Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000970/2009 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 February 2010.
1. The Appellant, who is a Pakistani national, was convicted on his own plea in the Magistracy of one count of “Remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration after having landed unlawfully in Hong Kong”, contrary to section 38(1)(b) of the Immigration Ordinance, Cap. 115. He was sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment. Thereafter he applied for a review of that sentence, but the application was dismissed. He appealed against sentence only.