{"id":1355,"date":"2025-08-11T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2026-03-08T18:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T10:27:01","slug":"court-of-appeal-quashed-murder-conviction-of-the-appellant-on-the-basis-of-admitted-fresh-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/court-of-appeal-quashed-murder-conviction-of-the-appellant-on-the-basis-of-admitted-fresh-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Court of Appeal clarified burden and standard of proof of a defendant charged with &#8220;assisting unauthorized entrants to remain in Hong Kong&#8221; who intends to rely on statutory defence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_647779647\">\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-3938099759\" 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_647779647 {\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_1931099559\">\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-229634877\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-529665640\" 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-3060508111\" class=\"text h3\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Court of Appeal clarified burden and standard of proof of a defendant charged with &#8220;assisting unauthorized entrants to remain in Hong Kong&#8221; who intends to rely on statutory defence<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2615905445\" class=\"text h5\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><strong>HKSAR v (D5) Tsui Chi Hung (\u5f90\u5fd7\u96c4) &amp; Anor<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2615905445 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  text-align: left;\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n#text-2615905445 > * {\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2943538125\" class=\"text txt-bold\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>11 August 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_1028332845\">\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\/56.-Tsui-Chi-Hung-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/56.-Tsui-Chi-Hung-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/56.-Tsui-Chi-Hung-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/56.-Tsui-Chi-Hung-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/56.-Tsui-Chi-Hung-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/56.-Tsui-Chi-Hung.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_1028332845 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-194663138\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-194663138 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-194663138 {\n    padding-top: 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p>In quashing D5\u2019s conviction of \u201cassisting an unauthorized entrant to remain in Hong Kong\u201d, the Court of Appeal (&#8220;\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc00&#8221;) held that the earlier CA decision of \ud835\udc80\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc96\ud835\udc8f\ud835\udc88 \ud835\udc72\ud835\udc82\ud835\udc8e \ud835\udc80\ud835\udc96\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc8f was per incuriam (\ud835\udc63\ud835\udc56\ud835\udc67 wrong in law).<br \/><br \/>The prosecution\u2019s case was that D5 procured sexual services from D1. To do so, D5 booked a hotel room for 16 days and paid for it. The Prosecution\u2019s case was that D1 was an unauthorized entrant (\u201c\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc04\u201d). Having pleaded not guilty, D5 (together with another defendant, D4) stood trial before HH Judge E Yip. The Judge rejected D5\u2019s evidence and said that D1 could not have so easily deceived him. The Judge found that D5 had reasonable grounds to suspect D1 to be a UE but failed to exercise reasonable diligence to discover her status and booked a room for D1. D5 was sentenced to 8 months\u2019 imprisonment. Bail pending appeal was granted in 2023 by Hon Anthea Pang JA.<br \/><br \/>CA took the chance to review the statutory defence and considered the nature of the offence. CA found that the offence fell under the 4th Alternative under Court of Final Appeal\u2019s judgments of \ud835\udc6f\ud835\udc8a\ud835\udc8f \ud835\udc73\ud835\udc8a\ud835\udc8f \ud835\udc80\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc86 and \ud835\udc72\ud835\udc96\ud835\udc8d\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc8e\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc94\ud835\udc8a\ud835\udc8f \u2013 where by a defendant has an evidential burden to raise as an issue that all three conditions under the ordinance do not apply, and the prosecution has to fulfil the persuasive burden to prove the subsistence of any of the three conditions: [43]. In reaching that decision, CA also considered whether the earlier decision (differently constituted) of \ud835\udc80\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc96\ud835\udc8f\ud835\udc88 \ud835\udc72\ud835\udc82\ud835\udc8e \ud835\udc80\ud835\udc96\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc8f (dealing with the offence of \u201cassisting the passage to Hong Kong of a conveyance which carried UE\u201d) was correct. CA considered Simon So\u2019s text \ud835\udc73\ud835\udc82\ud835\udc98 \ud835\udc90\ud835\udc87 \ud835\udc6c\ud835\udc97\ud835\udc8a\ud835\udc85\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc8f\ud835\udc84\ud835\udc86 \ud835\udc8a\ud835\udc8f \ud835\udc6f\ud835\udc90\ud835\udc8f\ud835\udc88 \ud835\udc72\ud835\udc90\ud835\udc8f\ud835\udc88 (2nd edition) and, citing with agreement, found that \ud835\udc80\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc96\ud835\udc8f\ud835\udc88 \ud835\udc72\ud835\udc82\ud835\udc8e \ud835\udc80\ud835\udc96\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc8f was \ud835\udc5d\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc5f \ud835\udc56\ud835\udc5b\ud835\udc50\ud835\udc62\ud835\udc5f\ud835\udc56\ud835\udc4e\ud835\udc5a: [46]-[49].<br \/><br \/>CA concluded that the Judge\u2019s reasoning in rejecting D5\u2019s version was flawed: [64]-[70]. In particular, the Judge had, in strong terms, criticised D5 to be \u201clying\u201d of which CA was not convinced by the reasons provided. Further, CA considered there was a danger that D5\u2019s perceived lies became a substitute that D5 knew\/suspected D1 was an UE: [69]. CA further sounded an additional observation that this offence required the Secretary for Justice\u2019s consent and that such consent is more than a mere formality: [73]. It added that, should the evidence before the court be the entirety of the evidence available to the prosecution, careful thought should have been given to whether prosecution for this specific offence was appropriate and justified: [74].<br \/><br \/>Simon So appeared with Jack Hui before the rolled-up hearing for D5 in the Full Bench of the Court of Appeal. The full judgment was published on <a class=\"VBLqHsHvuoZghLmlWyQapBMyykOxWXk \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/g7zMbGST\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/g7zMbGST<\/a>. They also applied for bail pending appeal in 2023 before Hon Anthea Pang JA, which was granted by Her Ladyship.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-801556963\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-801556963 {\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\/zh\/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_1931099559 {\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>Court of Appeal held that an earlier CA decision of Yeung Kam Yuen was wrong in law.<\/p>","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-1355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1361,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions\/1361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}