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Hong Kong Case Law

Fraud (deceit and dishonesty)

  • 29 Dec 2020

    HKSAR v. LAI, CHEE YING

    Citation
    [2020] HKCFI 3161
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCP738/2020

    Bail was granted because the court found the prosecution’s case on both charges presently arguable but not overwhelmingly strong, that identified flight risk and re-offending risks could be adequately ameliorated by stringent, case-specific conditions (HK$10 million cash, three cash sureties, surrender of travel documents, reporting, and strict residence confinement), and because the tailored undertaking and residence confinement supplied sufficient grounds under NSL 42(2) to believe the applicant would not commit acts endangering national security while on bail.

  • 29 Dec 2020

    HKSAR v. LAI, CHEE YING

    Citation
    [2020] HKCFI 3161
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCP727/2020

    Bail was granted because, considering the not-yet-conclusive state of the evidence, arguable defences, the Applicant's compliance history, and because the bespoke and stringent conditions proposed and accepted (HK$10 million cash bail, three cash sureties, surrender of travel documents, reporting, confinement to residence with narrow exceptions, and an express undertaking prohibiting conduct that could be construed as requesting foreign sanctions including specific prohibitions on meetings with foreign officials, media appearances, publication, and social media use) adequately ameliorate the…