20 Sept 2006
HKSAR v. CHAN SEK MING JOHNNY
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHAN SEK MING JOHNNY
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCC196/2006
The defendant's postings were published on a public internet forum and constituted a public invitation to commit a specifically described gang rape; viewed objectively by ordinary right-thinking members of the public the postings were of a disgusting character that outrages public decency; the defendant intended to publish the messages, satisfying the mens rea for the offence; therefore the elements of outraging public decency are proven beyond reasonable doubt, while the alternative computer-access offences requiring specific intent to commit the substantive offence are not proven.