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Hong Kong Case Law

Concealment/false compartments
  • 27 May 1992

    THE QUEEN v. CHENG WAI MAN

    Citation
    THE QUEEN v. CHENG WAI MAN
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA302/1992

    Appeal dismissed: where smuggling involves substantial quantity, high value goods and deliberate concealment an immediate custodial sentence is not inappropriate; magistrates sentencing for export of unmanifested cargo should not take probable forfeiture of the goods into account pursuant to Attorney General v. So Ma-por; English authorities on taking confiscation into account do not displace the Hong Kong position here, so the original consecutive sentences are upheld.