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HCMA 337/2011
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
MAGISTRACY APPEAL NO. 337 OF 2011
(ON APPEAL FROM ESS 47192 OF 2010)
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BETWEEN
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HKSAR |
Respondent |
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KWAN ANDIS CHI TUNG(關志東) |
Appellant |
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Before: The Honourable Mrs Justice V. Bokhary in Court
Date of Hearing: 14 July 2011
Date of Judgment: 14 July 2011
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J U D G M E N T
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1. The Magistrate found, as it was justified on the evidence to find, that the Appellant, who held a United States passport and had lost his Hong Kong identity card, was in a street with neither his passport nor his identity card replacement form, both of which he had left at home. Despite everything urged to the contrary, I am of the view that there is no basis on which to disturb this conviction for failing to produce proof of identity on demand.
2. It is a pity that the Appellant has thus acquired a conviction, and it should be said that it does not reflect on his character. In the result, however, I dismiss the appeal.
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(V. Bokhary)
Judge of the Court of First Instance
High Court |
Appellant in person
Ms Peggy Leung, of the Department of Justice, for the Respondent
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