5 Sept 1997
HKSAR v. HO WING CHEONG
- Citation
- HKSAR v. HO WING CHEONG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA397/1997
Where deliberate exposure of the private part in a public place is proved, the offence is to be assessed by an objective standard of indecency (whether right-minded persons would regard it as indecent); the defendant's lack of sexual gratification or absence of intent to upset or harass others is immaterial, and common law principles of public decency are not abrogated by the statute absent express provision.