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Topic

Assisting management of unlicensed massage parlour

Legal area

Court

18 Mar 2022

香港特別行政區訴田細英

Citation

[2022] HKCFI 685
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA296/2021

The judge's credibility findings were justified and the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant took part in activities directly related to providing full-body massage at an unlicensed establishment and thus assisted in its management; the statutory bar on ignorance of licence status (s4(2)) and the application of the Tam Kin Leung tests adapted to massage parlours supported conviction.
8 Mar 2013

香港特別行政區訴羅雪梅

Citation

香港特別行政區訴羅雪梅
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA540/2012

The trial judge properly assessed and accepted the prosecution witnesses' testimony that the appellant performed reception and direction duties in addition to massaging, which constituted assisting to manage an unlicensed massage parlour; the evidence met the criminal standard of proof and there was no basis to order provision of legal aid or to admit unexplained late allegations of police misconduct, therefore the conviction is upheld.