30 Jan 2019
HKSAR v. TANG KIN CHUNG HARRY
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 232
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA79/2018
The magistrate's credibility findings that the police officer was honest and that the appellant's account was not credible provided a sufficient evidential basis to infer ownership and possession of the packet found in the appellant's wallet; the planting hypothesis was inherently improbable given the circumstances and timeline, so the conviction was properly sustained. Sentencing was reduced by the court to a suspended custodial term as a matter of discretion given the very small quantity and appellant's background.