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C DCCC 265/2022 C
[2024] HKDC 1430
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
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HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
F CRIMINAL CASE NO. 265 OF 2022 F
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HKSAR
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I Best Pencil (Hong Kong) Limited (D1) I
CHUNG Pui-kuen (D2)
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LAM Shiu-tung (D3)
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L Before: His Honour Judge W.K. Kwok L
Date: 29 August 2024
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Present: Ms Laura Ng, Senior Assistant Director of Public
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Prosecutions, leading Ms Jennifer Tsui, Senior Public
Prosecutor, for HKSAR
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1 defendant (D1), unrepresented, absent
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Ms Audrey Eu, Senior Counsel, leading Mr David
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Ma, Mr Jay Koon, Ms Allison Wong and Ms Denise Q
Or, instructed by Messrs Ho Tse Wai & Partners, for
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the 2nd defendant (D2) and the 3rd defendant (D3)
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Offence: Conspiracy to publish and/or reproduce seditious S
publications
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CORRIGENDUM
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Please note the following corrigenda in the Reasons for Verdict handed
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down on 29 August 2024:
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1. Paragraph 20, line 2 “13…articles (namely A2 to A13) should
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read “12…articles (namely A2 to A13)”
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2. Paragraph 91, line 6 in Chinese 「 批準」 should read 「 批
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准」 1
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3. Paragraph 115, line 2 in Chinese「 …… 採用那方
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式 … … 」 should read 「 …… 採用哪方式 …… 」2
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4. Paragraph 115, line 3 in Chinese 「 有間」should read 「 有
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關」 3
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5. Paragraph 166, line 6 “Publication” should read
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6. Paragraph 166, line 8 in Chinese 「 立法會」 should read B
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「 立法局」4
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7. Paragraph 169, line 2 “Publication” should read D
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F 8. Paragraph 169, line 6 “the Scretary of Scretary” should read F
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9. Paragraph 171, line 15 “Publication” should read
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“Publications”
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10. Paragraph 173, line 10 “Publication” should read
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“Publications”
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11. Paragraph 235, line 3 in Chinese 「 惑不能」 should read
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「 或不能」 5
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12. Paragraph 235, line 5 in Chinese「 ... … 不 一 定 得 出 ... … 」
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should read「 ... … 不 一 定 得 到 ... … 」
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13. Paragraph 238, line 1 in Chinese 「 圖 藤 」 should read
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「圖騰」7
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14. Paragraph 259, line 11 in Chinese 「 期 後 」 should read B
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15. Paragraph 261, lines 11 “don’t know how to say” should read D
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F 16. Paragraph 282, line 8 “he only needed to” should read “he F
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17. Paragraph 286, line 4 in Chinese 「 我 平 時 … … 」 should
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read 「 平 時 … … 」 9
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18. Paragraph 344, line 6 “Twomwy” should read “Twomey”
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19. Paragraph 354, line 3 「 執 法 須 要 」 should read 「 執 法
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需 要 」 10
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20. Paragraph 361, line 20 “he” should read “she”; line 21 “him”
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should read “her”
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21. Paragraph 361, line 10 in Chinese 「 批準」 should read
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「 批准」
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22. Paragraph 361, line 27 “his” should read “her”
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23. Paragraph 369, line 8 in Chinese 「 … … 其 實 ： 」 should B
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24. Paragraph 391, line 1 in Chinese 「 手 則 」 should read 「 守
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25. Paragraph 401, line 4 “as” should read “or”
G 26. Paragraph 439, line 3 “15 January 2015” should read G
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K 28. Paragraph 462, line 4 in Chinese 「 施 擊 」 should read 「 施 K
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M 29. Paragraph 463, line 4 in Chinese 「 兩 批 . 人 」 should read M
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O 30. Paragraph 488, lines 7 & 8 “Local Newspapers Ordinance” O
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Dated the 14th day of October 2024
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D (CHAN Tsz Yan) D
Clerk to His Honour Judge W.K. Kwok
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