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Hong Kong Case Law

Importuning
  • 15 Sept 1988

    THE QUEEN v. CHEUNG KAU

    Citation
    THE QUEEN v. CHEUNG KAU
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA732/1988

    The conviction was upheld because the Magistrate was entitled to infer from the officers' observations that the unidentified person was annoyed and that the appellant's conduct amounted to importuning; the absence of the unidentified person's evidence did not render the conviction unsafe and there was no impermissible burden shift onto the appellant.