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Hong Kong Case Law

People‑smuggling
  • 19 May 1992

    R. v. CHAN SHING CHOI

    Citation
    R. v. CHAN SHING CHOI
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC196/1991

    Where illegal immigrants are not concealed in a place from which escape in an emergency would have been difficult and the vessel is seaworthy, the appropriate sentence on a plea of guilty for an offence under s.37C(1) is four years' imprisonment; a higher starting point is only justified by the presence of the specific aggravating features referred to above.