{"id":1369,"date":"2025-10-06T18:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2026-03-08T18:46:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T10:46:56","slug":"prosecution-offered-no-further-evidence-after-defence-objected-to-the-admissibility-of-evidence-in-a-charge-of-letting-premises-to-be-used-as-a-vice-establishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/prosecution-offered-no-further-evidence-after-defence-objected-to-the-admissibility-of-evidence-in-a-charge-of-letting-premises-to-be-used-as-a-vice-establishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecution offered no further evidence after defence objected to the admissibility of evidence in a charge of &#8220;Letting Premises to be Used as a Vice Establishment&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_484377925\">\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-2388400110\" 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_484377925 {\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_585936941\">\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-1854283986\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-962252979\" 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-1272737382\" class=\"text h3\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Prosecution offered no further evidence after defence objected to the admissibility of evidence in a charge of &#8220;Letting Premises to be Used as a Vice Establishment&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-313888327\" class=\"text h5\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><strong>HKSAR v Cheung ** (\u5f35**)<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-313888327 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  text-align: left;\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n#text-313888327 > * {\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-4252110706\" class=\"text txt-bold\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>6 October 2025<\/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_515412296\">\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\/2026\/03\/59.-Cheung-Hing-Wing-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/59.-Cheung-Hing-Wing-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/59.-Cheung-Hing-Wing-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/59.-Cheung-Hing-Wing-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/59.-Cheung-Hing-Wing-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/59.-Cheung-Hing-Wing.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_515412296 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1829046962\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1829046962 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-1829046962 {\n    padding-top: 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p>Prosecution offered no further evidence after defence objected to the admissibility of crucial prosecution evidence.<br \/><br \/>The defendant was charged with Letting Premises to be Used as a Vice Establishment. It is the common ground that the Defendant was one of the joint tenants of a premises situated at Mut Wah Street (\u7269\u83ef\u8857), Kwun Tong (\u201c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc05\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\u201d). After the Defendant formally pleaded not guilty, the prosecution applied to adduce and rely on three \u201cwarning notices\u201d (\u201c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2c\u201d) issued to and received by the defendant which stated respectively that various females (on various dates) told various unknown undercover officer(s) that she\/they was\/were a prostitute and invited him\/them to go to the Flat for sex. However, neither the female(s) nor the undercover officer(s) were intended to be called by the prosecution as witnesses. The Defence objected to the admissibility of the Notices on the basis that they were (i) irrelevant; (ii) hearsay; (iii) impermissible implied assertion; and\/or (iv) prejudicial (and outweighs its probative value).<br \/><br \/>After taking time to consider the defendant\u2019s submissions, the prosecution decided to offer no further evidence against the defendant and the defendant was acquitted.<br \/><br \/>Simon So appeared with Herman Ho for the Defendant in the trial, which was initially listed for 2 days.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-2057938618\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-2057938618 {\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_585936941 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After taking time to consider the defendant\u2019s submissions, the prosecution decided to offer no further evidence against the defendant and the defendant was acquitted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1369"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1374,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions\/1374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}