[2021] HKCFA 37 — HKSAR V. LO KIN MAN (盧建民) (and 1 other)

Practice Areas

Crimes Ordinance Criminal Procedure Ordinance Public Order Ordinance

Judges (5)

Cheung Coram Fok Coram Lam Coram Lord Sumption Coram Ribeiro Coram

Counsel (15)

Bond Ng Solicitors Firm Department of Justice Firm S. T. Cheng & Co Firm Anson Wong Yu Yat Counsel Appellant Anthony Chau Counsel Respondent Ferrida Chan Counsel Appellant Gladys Li Counsel Appellant Hectar Pun Counsel Appellant Ivan Cheung Counsel Respondent Jason Ko Counsel Appellant Karen Ng Counsel Respondent Kin Lau Counsel Appellant Lawrence Lau Counsel Appellant Philip Dykes Counsel Appellant Wilson Lam Counsel Respondent

Parties (4)

HKSAR Respondent Leung Tin Kei Applicant Lo Kin Man Applicant Wong Ka Kui Applicant

Summary

Lo Kin Man and Tong Wai Hung appealed against their convictions for riot and related offences arising from the Mong Kok civil unrest of February 2016. The Court of Final Appeal considered the elements of riot and unlawful assembly under the Public Order Ordinance, including the requirements of common purpose and participatory intent. The appeals were allowed in part.

Statutes Cited

Crimes Ordinance (Cap 200)

Criminal Procedure Ordinance

s 81D

Public Order Ordinance

s 19

Cases Cited (22)

UK (8)

[1891] AC 107 [1907] 2 KB 853 [1982] QB 416 [1985] 1 AC 168 [1987] QB 426 [2003] UKPC 10 [2007] 2 AC 105 [2017] AC 387

HK (14)

(2004) 7 HKCFAR 475 (2009) 12 HKCFAR 568 (2013) 16 HKCFAR 837 (2014) 17 HKCFAR 319 (2016) 19 HKCFAR 640 (2020) 23 HKCFAR 518 [2012] 5 HKLRD 556 [2020] HKCA 275 [2020] HKDC 588 [2021] HKCA 404 [2021] HKCA 807 [2021] HKCFA 17 [2021] HKCFA 24 [2021] HKCFA 32

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