{"id":1375,"date":"2025-10-09T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2026-03-08T18:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T10:36:01","slug":"court-found-a-defendant-not-guilty-of-possession-of-firearms-and-ammunition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/court-found-a-defendant-not-guilty-of-possession-of-firearms-and-ammunition\/","title":{"rendered":"Court found a defendant not guilty of possession of firearms and ammunition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_962696699\">\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-3856811550\" 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_962696699 {\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_171559347\">\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-153566087\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2036982440\" 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-2639831323\" class=\"text h3\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Court found a defendant not guilty of possession of firearms and ammunition<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-903907037\" class=\"text h5\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><strong>HKSAR v Sze Long Felix (\u65bd\u6717)<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-903907037 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  text-align: left;\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n#text-903907037 > * {\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3421018872\" class=\"text txt-bold\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>9 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_644709944\">\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\/60.-Sze-Long-Felix-NG-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/60.-Sze-Long-Felix-NG-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/60.-Sze-Long-Felix-NG-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/60.-Sze-Long-Felix-NG-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/60.-Sze-Long-Felix-NG-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/60.-Sze-Long-Felix-NG.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_644709944 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1788817020\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1788817020 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-1788817020 {\n    padding-top: 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p>Deputy District Judge Winnie Lau found a 30-year-old defendant not guilty of possession of firearms and ammunition.<br \/><br \/>In June 2020, the police raided the Defendant\u2019s home where the followings were found: (i) an exhibit bearing the appearance of a Glock 17 pistol with a magazine allegedly found inside (\u201c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc25\u201d); (ii) an exhibit bearing the appearance of an AR 15 rifle with a muzzle device at the muzzle end (\u201c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc11\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1e\u201d); (iii) three stand-alone magazines; and (iv) 53 cartridge cases. It was an agreed fact that the Defendant did not possess any firearms licence. In two video-recorded interviews (\u201c\ud835\udc15\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc08\u201d), the Defendant explained to the police that the exhibits were only toy\/dummy guns and they did not have the function to discharge missiles\/bullets. The Defendant is an \u201cairsoft\/toy gun fanatic\u201d and possessed the exhibits (together with many other toy guns not seized by the police) for collection purposes.<br \/><br \/>In finding the Defendant not guilty, the Judge found that the evidence of the Defendant had not been undermined under cross-examination and his evidence in the VRIs and in the witness box was true. The Judge could not rule out the possibility that the Defendant did not know the true nature of the exhibits, being regulated by the Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance (\u201c\ud835\udc05\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0e\u201d). The Judge further noted that the Pistol and the Rifle did not have any firing function, nor were the police able to find any suitable tool(s) and\/or raw material(s) for reactivating the Pistol and\/or the Rifle. Further, the Judge found the expert report on the functionality of the Magazines unreliable as the expert did not set out the steps and procedures conducted to test their functionality, which was inconsistent with the expert reports for other exhibits. Finally, the Judge was persuaded that there was a real possibility that the Defendant used the cartridges for personal and\/or household adornment purposes and, hence, they fall under the exception provision of the FAO.<br \/><br \/>Simon So appeared with Jack Hui for the Defendant in the trial which lasted for 12 days, spanning from November 2024 to October 2025.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-128737093\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-128737093 {\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_171559347 {\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>Deputy District Judge Winnie Lau found a 30-year-old defendant not guilty of possession of firearms and ammunition.<\/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-1375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375","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=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1381,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions\/1381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}