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HCMA 14/2009
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
MAGISTRACY APPEAL NO. 14 OF 2009
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HKSAR |
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HUANG Wan-qing |
1st Appellant |
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YANG Shu-mei |
2nd Appellant |
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Before: Hon Wright J in Court
Date of Hearing: 19 February 2009
Date of Judgment: 19 February 2009
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JUDGMENT
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1. The appellants were two of four accused charged with various offences under the Registration of Persons Ordinance, Cap. 177, and the Immigration Ordinance, Cap. 115, after they had been found working in a restaurant. Each pleaded guilty to the charges against her.
2. The 1st appellant was convicted of using a false identity card to obtain employment and of breaching her condition of stay by taking up that employment: she was sentenced to 15 months and 4 months imprisonment respectively, the sentences to be served concurrently.
3. The 2nd appellant was convicted of using a false identity card to obtain employment and of two charges of breaching her condition of stay, first, by taking up that employment and, secondly, by overstaying in Hong Kong by some 16 months: she was sentenced to 15 months, 4 months and 6 weeks imprisonment respectively, the sentences to be served concurrently.
4. The appellants repeated to me what they had said to the magistrate who afforded them the appropriate discount for their pleas. He found, correctly, that there was no further mitigation available to them. He sentenced them in accordance with current sentencing practice. There is no merit in the appeals, each of which is dismissed.
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(A R WRIGHT)
Judge of the Court of First Instance |
Ms Grace Chan, SPP, the Department of Justice, for the HKSAR
Appellants in person
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