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Hong Kong Case Law

Guideline cases
  • 14 Nov 1988

    THE QUEEN v. WONG WAI HING

    Citation
    THE QUEEN v. WONG WAI HING
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA1062/1988

    Because Government policy limited prosecutions to illegal entrants found at employment in groups of three or more and these appellants were first‑time visitors found in groups of less than three with no other offences and had already been detained, the court reduced the sentences to permit their immediate release.