Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Police supervision

Legal area

Court

8 Jan 1987

THE QUEEN v. WAI HIN KEUNG

Citation

THE QUEEN v. WAI HIN KEUNG
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC133/1986

The Court held that there was no jurisdiction to impose police supervision and that the fines were unnecessary in the circumstances, so those orders were set aside; the custodial sentences (3 years on the principal charge and concurrent one-year terms on the others) were heavy but not manifestly excessive given the seriousness of triad-related conduct and evidence of initiating youths into triad practices, and therefore were affirmed.
9 Aug 1976

HUNG PIK SANG AND ANOTHER v. THE QUEEN

Citation

HUNG PIK SANG AND ANOTHER v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC435/1976

Appeals against conviction were dismissed as without substance; the husband's seven‑year imprisonment was upheld but his post‑release supervision was modified to require police home visits due to his confinement to a wheelchair; the wife's seven‑year sentence was reduced to four years because she faced fewer charges, inflicted less serious injuries and acted under her husband's influence, and her two‑year police supervision order was set aside as unnecessary.
27 Sept 1975

CHOW HOK-MAN v. THE QUEEN

Citation

CHOW HOK-MAN v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC767/1975

The police supervision order was inappropriate given the appellant's night-shift employment and was rescinded; the imposed consecutive prison sentences of nine months and six months were lawful and were upheld.
19 May 1975

LEUNG CHI-HUNG v. THE QUEEN

Citation

LEUNG CHI-HUNG v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC322/1975

It is inappropriate to impose police supervision in addition to detention in a training centre because release is already subject to after-care supervision; therefore the sentence of two years' police supervision was quashed and substituted with an absolute discharge.
19 May 1975

LEUNG CHI-HUNG v. THE QUEEN

Citation

LEUNG CHI-HUNG v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC115/1975

Because after-care supervision by the training centre operates on release, it is inappropriate to impose a concurrent police supervision order; therefore the two-year police supervision sentence was quashed and an absolute discharge substituted; the application for leave to appeal was dismissed.
24 Feb 1975

LI CHUNG-FAI v. THE QUEEN

Citation

LI CHUNG-FAI v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC75/1975

Given the appellant's age (17), clear record, and non‑violent robberies without weapons, the aggregate sentence of 30 months' imprisonment was manifestly excessive; the appropriate disposal was detention in a training centre, and the contemporaneous order for two years' police supervision was inappropriate and therefore quashed.
15 Aug 1972

SIT CHI LEUNG v. THE QUEEN

Citation

SIT CHI LEUNG v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC398/1972

The convictions are supported by abundant evidence that the appellant was a knowing and willing participant in a common purpose to obtain money by menaces; mere presence coupled with conduct and failure to dissent justified findings of aiding and abetting. Given the appellant's age, extensive prior convictions for similar offences and central role, the sentence of consecutive 15-month terms (total five years) with two years police supervision was appropriate; appeals against conviction and sentence are dismissed.
19 Aug 1969

HEUNG TAK HUNG AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN

Citation

HEUNG TAK HUNG AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC399/1969

The conviction of the second appellant was upheld because the trial judge properly admitted the written confession as voluntary and its contents were corroborated by identification and other evidence; the order for twelve months police supervision against the first appellant was set aside because it was not yet necessary for public security; the third appellant's sentence of eighteen months was affirmed as appropriate.