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Topic

Money laundering offences

Legal area

Court

14 Jan 2026

香港特別行政區訴周玉芬

Citation

[2026] HKCA 206
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC309/2025

The application for bail pending appeal is refused because the applicant failed to show a reasonable, let alone very high, prospect of success on appeal and relied on inadequate grounds (seeking time to find a lawyer and to prepare documents); the disputed financial amounts had been accepted previously with counsel, so exceptional circumstances do not exist.
8 Dec 2005

HKSAR v.CHEN SZU MING

Citation

HKSAR v.CHEN SZU MING
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC270/2005

A sentencing court must sentence for the charged money laundering offences and may only consider the nature of the underlying indictable offence insofar as it affects the defendant's culpability; sentencing the defendant effectively for the underlying indictable fraud is wrong in principle. Where the defendant knew the funds were proceeds of fraud, that knowledge can aggravate sentence. Applying those principles afresh, the Court found the original sentence appropriate and therefore affirmed the concurrent 40‑month sentences.