Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Drug addiction treatment centres

Legal area

Court

1 Apr 1999

HKSAR v. WONG YUEN SHING

Citation

HKSAR v. WONG YUEN SHING
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA259/1999

The appeal is dismissed because the magistrate correctly identified a 12‑month starting point for this offence, validly reduced it by one‑third for the guilty plea to reach 8 months, and properly concluded that a fine or suspended sentence would be manifestly inadequate given the appellant's 17 prior drug offences and repeated failed treatment attempts.
29 Jan 1992

THE QUEEN v. MO KWOK PUI

Citation

THE QUEEN v. MO KWOK PUI
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA1080/1991

Given the appellant's persistent drug-related offending and comparatively large quantity of drugs, but having regard to Court of Appeal guidance that persistent simple possession offenders should generally attract sentences in the 6–9 month range and that addiction does not justify disproportionate punishment, the 15-month sentence was excessive and was reduced to nine months imprisonment.