30 Oct 2025
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. IP, ANTHONY CHUN HIN
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 5043
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA51/2024
The court held that s64(6)(c) PDPO is properly construed to require only that the material disclosure caused the data subject reasonably to be concerned for his or her safety or well‑being (a single‑layer requirement), not the two‑layer interpretation imposed by the Magistrate; on rehearing the published posts together with contemporaneous hostile calls and conduct provided sufficient evidence that the appellant intended and caused the specified harms, so the appellant's challenge to the convictions failed and the prosecution's case stated appeal succeeded to substitute conviction on Charge 1…