22 Dec 1980
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LO WAN-KEUNG
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LO WAN-KEUNG
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAAR13/1980
The Court held the original sentences were manifestly inadequate given the planned commercial nature of the offences and the legislative and societal context; in AR13 the one year sentence for aiding passage of 11 unauthorised entrants was set aside and substituted with two years imprisonment; in AR14 the three year sentences for ownership/operation of the vessel transporting 31 unauthorised entrants were set aside and substituted with five years imprisonment each. Sentencing must reflect gravity, deterrence and updated policy.