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Illegal disposition of subsidised housing
  • 12 Aug 2025

    香港特別行政區 訴 李剛奕

    Citation
    [2025] HKCFI 4364
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA484/2024

    The Court held the magistrate did not err in principle or exceed discretion: the offence and sentencing considerations apply equally to rental of a room, the fine of HK$8,000 was below the cited average and far below the statutory maximum, the appellant had pleaded guilty and admitted the facts, and the alleged procedural and evidential defects were either addressed in court, irrelevant to sentence, or inappropriate to raise on a sentencing appeal; accordingly the sentence was not manifestly excessive and is upheld.