Hong Kong Case Law

8 Nov 2023

HKSAR v. VEERAPPAN NANDAKUMAR

Citation

[2023] HKCFI 3169

Court

Court of First Instance

Case number

HCMA286/2023

The magistrate properly accepted credible eyewitness evidence that the appellant was handling and loading seafood boxes and, in the absence of a plausible innocent explanation, was entitled to draw the irresistible inference that the appellant was taking employment in breach of s.38AA; the appellate court found no error of fact or law and dismissed the appeal.

• Taking employment while subject to a removal order
• Credibility and drawing irresistible inferences
• Covert police observation
• Forensic evidence relevance