{"id":1097,"date":"2024-07-10T22:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2024-10-15T22:46:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T14:46:06","slug":"court-acquitted-defendant-with-costs-of-claiming-to-be-a-member-of-a-triad-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/court-acquitted-defendant-with-costs-of-claiming-to-be-a-member-of-a-triad-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Court acquitted defendant with costs of claiming to be a member of a triad society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_1425215711\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1389997001\" class=\"text breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #627A80;\nfont-family: Merriweather;\nfont-size: 13px;\nfont-style: normal;\nfont-weight: 400;\nline-height: 150%; \/* 19.5px *\/\nletter-spacing: 0.39px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/\">Home<\/a> \/ <a href=\"\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1425215711 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_415665399\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1298474002\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-426723386\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-560969845\" class=\"text h3\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Court acquitted defendant with costs of claiming to be a member of a triad society<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2962691463\" class=\"text h5\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><strong>HKSAR v Ko Daniel (\u9ad8\u6668\u6d69)<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2962691463 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  text-align: left;\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n#text-2962691463 > * {\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2718941543\" class=\"text txt-bold\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>10 July 2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1537766601\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1720582552935-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1720582552935-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1720582552935-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1720582552935-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1720582552935-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1720582552935.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1537766601 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1053682684\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1053682684 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-1053682684 {\n    padding-top: 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p>Deputy Magistrate Li Cheuk-wai acquitted defendant charged with claiming to be a member of a triad society. The prosecution was also ordered to pay costs to the defence.<\/p>\n<p>The case originated from police undercover operation \u201cArrowhit\u201d in August 2021. The prosecution case was that, after a night of drinking, someone who was allegedly the defendant (the \u201cPerson\u201d) told the undercover police officer (the \u201cUC Officer\u201d) working at the bar as a waiter that he was a member of the Tsuen Wan branch of \u201cWo Shing Wo\u201d, a triad society, and invited the UC Officer to follow him instead of his current triad protector. This was allegedly the second encounter between the UC Officer and the Person. About 9 months after the event, the operation turned overt and the defendant was positively identified during an ID parade as the Person.<\/p>\n<p>Under cross-examination, the UC Officer accepted that the only descriptions he had noted down on his occurrence book and\/or his witness statements were the Person\u2019s estimated age, ethnicity, and gender, and there were plenty of people in Hong Kong fitting those descriptions. He also accepted that the environment at the time was dark and noisy and he had consumed alcohol. Based on the above, the Magistrate found that she could not safely rely on the UC Officer\u2019s identification and found the defendant not guilty. The Court also allowed the defence\u2019s costs application.<\/p>\n<p>Simon So (with Jack Hui) represented the defendant in the 2-day trial.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1972438378\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1972438378 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu stack stack-col justify-start ux-menu--divider-solid\">\n\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu-link flex menu-item menu-button-link\">\n\t\t<a class=\"ux-menu-link__link flex\" href=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/news\/\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tBack to News\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_415665399 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Magistrate Li Cheuk-wai acquitted defendant charged with claiming to be a member of a triad society. 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