Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Section 8 osco

Legal area

Court

5 Feb 2021

HKSAR v. WONG PUI TING HEIDI

Citation

[2021] HKDC 142
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCC463/2019

The court accepted the complete handwritten ledgers as the best and reliable evidence of the defendant's net proceeds from the conspiracy to live on the earnings of prostitution, found the recoverable benefit to be HK$33,189,534.45, rejected the defence's proposed deductions for lack of proof, and ordered that sum be confiscated with payment due in six months and a 10-year default imprisonment term.
1 Apr 2016

SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. FANG JINAN

Citation

SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. FANG JINAN
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP599/2016

The court was satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the respondent had absconded, reasonable steps and publication notices had been made, the respondent could have been convicted of dealing with property representing proceeds of an indictable offence and had received at least HK$1.24 million from victims; the only realizable property was the last bank credit balance; accordingly the statutory conditions under section 8 OSCO were met and the court ordered confiscation of the account's last credit balance (EUR 9,974.94 and US$250.11) to be paid to the Registrar of the High Court.