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Hong Kong Case Law

Role of public prosecutor
  • 14 Apr 2022

    SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. LESTER SHUM

    Citation
    [2022] HKCFI 1015
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP1158/2021

    The publication objectively promoted and condoned severe violence against police and breached the Incitement Injunction; an immediate custodial sentence was required but the prosecutorial delay and the contemnor's genuine remorse and mitigation justified reducing the length to six weeks' immediate imprisonment; costs payable by the defendant were fixed as a contribution of HK$25,000 with defendant's own costs to be taxed under Legal Aid Regulations.