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  • 14 Apr 2023

    SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. YIP SIN MAN

    Citation
    [2023] HKCFI 983
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP539/2022

    The defendant committed contempt by publishing personal data in breach of the Police Doxxing Injunction and by encouraging dissemination; however, balancing aggravating and mitigating factors (brief duration of the post and removal, youth, low culpability relative to most serious cases, financial hardship and delay in prosecution) warranted a custodial sentence of 21 days which should be suspended for 12 months, together with an order to pay a contribution to the SJ's costs of HK$30,000.