HKSAR v. Lau Kwan Tsun

Case No.HCCC 332/2013
Court
High Court CFI
Date16 Oct 2013
Judge
Case Document
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HCCC 332/2013

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CRIMINAL CASE NO 332 OF 2013

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  HKSAR  
  v  
  LAU Kwan-tsun  

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Before: DHCJ McMahon
Date: 16 October 2013 at 9.51 am
Present: Mr P J Power, DDPP (Ag) of the Department of Justice, for HKSAR
  Mr Chan sai-kit, Kevin, instructed by CMK Lawyers, assigned by DLA, for the accused
Offence: Trafficking in a dangerous drug (販運危險藥物)

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Transcript of the Audio Recording
of the Sentence in the above Case

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COURT: On 13 March of this year, the 21-year-old defendant was observed, by a team of Customs & Excise officers on operational duties, entering a toilet in Mongkok, carrying a paper bag. He was intercepted inside the toilet and the paper bag was found to contain eight plastic packets themselves containing, in total, 2.47 kilogrammes of ketamine. The defendant admitted the drugs were his.

On 9 August of this year, he pleaded guilty to the offence of trafficking in those drugs before a magistrate at Eastern Court and has now been committed to this court for sentence.

Given the quantity and nature of the drugs, I take a starting point of sentence of 18 years’ imprisonment. The only mitigation of substance available to the defendant is his plea of guilty. Allowing for that plea, his sentence is reduced to one of 12 years’ imprisonment.