Read the full judgment text of HCMA 873/2010 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 January 2011.
1. On 9 October 2010, the appellant was convicted on his own plea of the offence of “Taking up employment” contrary to ss. 38AA(1)(a) and 38AA(2) of the Immigration Ordinance. On 5 November 2010, he was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for a period of 15 months. He asked this court to take into account in this appeal the fact that he had spent between 27 August 2010 and 22 September 2010 remanded in Lai Chi Kok.