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Hong Kong Case Law

Contact tracing requests
  • 10 Feb 2026

    香港特別行政區 訴 王詩雅

    Citation
    [2026] HKCFI 896
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA145/2024

    The Regulation must be read purposively: s3(4) does not require the prosecution to prove the accused knew the caller's precise statutory title as "health officer" or "authorized person"; it is sufficient to prove the accused knew the background, purpose and that the information was being provided in response to a health‑department contact tracing/public‑health request. On the evidence (multiple calls, admissions and credible witnesses) the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant knew she was giving information in response to such a request; convictions therefore stand.