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Hong Kong Case Law

Acupuncture
  • 9 Sept 2016

    香港特別行政區 訴 李麗娟

    Citation
    香港特別行政區 訴 李麗娟
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA183/2016

    The appeal is dismissed because the magistrate correctly found that unlicensed acupuncture by a person without formal training, carried out at scale (six patients with 266 needles), posed substantial risk to public safety and warranted a deterrent custodial sentence; a six‑month starting point reduced for plea and personal mitigation to three months and two weeks immediate imprisonment was appropriate and not manifestly excessive.