30 Oct 2025
HKSAR v. IP, ANTHONY CHUN HIN
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 5043
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA198/2023
The court held the magistrate lawfully amended the charges and, on rehearing, the evidence established the appellant disclosed personal data with requisite intention and caused specified harm; further the magistrate erred in construing s64(6)(c) to require two layers of harm — s64(6)(c) requires only that the disclosure caused the data subject reasonably to be concerned for safety or well‑being — and accordingly the appellant is to be convicted on Charge 1 under s64(3C) PDPO (not the lesser s64(3A)) and the convictions are affirmed and remitted to the magistrate for conviction entry and sente…