22 Dec 1980
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LEUNG CHEUNG AND OTHERS
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LEUNG CHEUNG AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAAR14/1980
The Court held the District Court sentence of one year for aiding passage of unauthorised entrants was wrong in principle and manifestly inadequate and substituted two years; the High Court sentences of three years each for ownership and use of a vessel to smuggle entrants were manifestly inadequate and substituted five years imprisonment each. Sentencing must reflect the deliberate planned nature of commercial smuggling, the large financial gain, and the legislative intention evident in Part VIIA; medium serious planned land/vehicle cases warrant about two years, serious ship‑owner commercia…