15 Apr 2013
HKSAR v. YIM HOI MAN
- Citation
- HKSAR v. YIM HOI MAN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA616/2012
Lai Wai Cheong establishes the sentencing framework: deterrent immediate custody of two months or more for electors engaging in vote planting unless very special circumstances exist; applying that framework to the facts, there were no very special circumstances here, the Magistrate reasonably started at three months and after one‑third plea reductions imposed two months imprisonment for each appellant, and those sentences are not excessive or wrong in principle.