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Hong Kong Case Law

Parallel criminal proceedings
  • 17 Oct 2022

    SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. CHAN PO HONG

    Citation
    [2022] HKCFI 1468
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP2199/2021

    Although breaches of the Judges Doxxing Injunction ordinarily attract immediate custodial sentences to deter attacks on the administration of justice, the court suspended a short custodial sentence (14 days) for 12 months because the defendant played a minor role, was a 17‑year‑old with ASD at the time, demonstrated genuine remorse and rehabilitation, and because delay and parallel criminal proceedings mitigated the appropriate immediate punitive response.