21 Feb 2022
HKSAR v. WONG CHI FUNG AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2022] HKCA 239
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC101/2021
The Court held that (1) the judge was entitled to consider unlawful‑assembly authorities and the contextual risk of violence and public health when sentencing for unauthorised assembly; (2) the judge did not err in concluding immediate custody was warranted for active participants with public profiles and aggravating features; but (3) the judge erred in ordering the 1st applicant's sentence to run wholly consecutively to existing sentences without properly applying totality — the appropriate sentence for the 1st applicant is 8 months with 6 months to run consecutively; the 2nd applicant's 4‑m…