30 Aug 2001
HKSAR v. LI CHI WAH
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LI CHI WAH
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA738/2001
The appeal was dismissed because the transcript established unequivocal guilty pleas and admissions of fact to both thefts, and the learned Magistrate lawfully exercised power under s45(1) Mental Health Ordinance to impose a three-month hospital order based on psychiatric evidence and the appellant's need for treatment; a plea cannot be retracted simply because the appellant preferred a different hospital.