19 Oct 2020
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. CHENG LAI KING
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 2687
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1256/2020
Breach of the Doxxing Injunction by widely publishing a police officer's personal data from a high‑profile Facebook account warranted an immediate custodial sentence as the starting point for civil contempt in the internet era; after balancing aggravating and mitigating factors including remorse, prompt deletion and cooperation, the appropriate and proportionate disposition was imprisonment of 28 days suspended for 12 months, with costs to the Secretary for Justice to follow the event on an indemnity basis.