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Hong Kong Case Law

Executive influence on judiciary
  • 8 Apr 1981

    CHAN KAM-BOR AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN

    Citation
    CHAN KAM-BOR AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC239/1981

    The appellate court found the magistrate's imprisonment terms excessive in light of mitigating factors (guilty pleas, frank cooperation, modest value of goods, comparable sentences for related import offences) and reduced the sentences on count one from six to four months and on count two from nine to six months, to run concurrently; the court affirmed that comity may be a sentencing consideration but cautioned against presenting executive statements as directives in court briefs.