HKSAR V. CHOW HANG TUNG (鄒幸彤)

[2024] HKCFA 2 Court of Final Appeal 25 January 2024 • FACC9/2023 • 141 min read

30 cases cited (0 SG, 30 foreign) Cited by 3 cases

Practice Areas

Basic Law Crimes Ordinance Criminal Procedure Ordinance Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance Public Order Ordinance Rules of the High Court

Judges (5)

Cheung Coram Fok Coram Gleeson Coram Lam Coram Ribeiro Coram

Counsel (6)

Cheng & Co Firm Department of Justice Firm Chris Ng Counsel Appellant Edward Lau Counsel Respondent Robert Pang Counsel Appellant William Tam Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

HKSAR Respondent Chow Hang Tung Appellant

Summary

Chow Hang Tung appealed against her conviction for inciting others to attend an unauthorised assembly commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The Court of Final Appeal considered whether social media posts constituted incitement and the proper balance between freedom of expression and public order. The appeal addressed important constitutional questions.

Statutes Cited

Basic Law

Art 27 Art 35 Art 39 Art 8

Crimes Ordinance (Cap 200)

s 118F(1)

Criminal Procedure Ordinance

s 101I s 101I(2)

Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance (Cap 383)

s 6(1)

Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance

s 33

Public Order Ordinance

s 17A(3)(a) s 9(4)

Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A)

Cases Cited (30)

UK (11)

[1988] 1 QB 114 [1988] 1 QB 384 [1988] QB 114 [1993] QB 473 [1998] AC 92 [1999] 2 AC 143 [2012] QB 1 [2016] 1 WLR 2118 [2020] AC 491 [2023] AC 505 [2023] KB 37

HK (19)

(2005) 8 HKCFAR 225 (2005) 8 HKCFAR 229 (2006) 9 HKCFAR 574 (2007) 10 HKCFAR 335 (2010) 13 HKCFAR 762 (2012) 15 HKCFAR 743 (2015) 18 HKCFAR 467 (2016) 19 HKCFAR 372 (2022) 25 HKCFAR 191 [2005] 2 HKC 147 [2006] 4 HKLRD 211 [2009] 1 HKC 271 [2013] 1 HKLRD 613 [2018] HKCA 549 [2020] 2 HKLRD 771 [2021] HKCFA 15 [2022] HKCFI 3692 [2023] HKCFA 14 [2023] HKCFI 226

Cited By (3)

[2025] HKCFA 3

HKSAR V. TANG NGOK KWAN (鄧岳君), TSUI HON KWONG (徐漢光) (and 1 other)

[2024] HKCFA 24

HKSAR V. NG NGOI YEE MARGARET (吳靄儀) (D3) (and 4 others)

[2024] HKCFA 22

HKSAR V. TANG NGOK KWAN (鄧岳君), TSUI HON KWONG (徐漢光) (and 1 other)

Judgment

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Read on HKLII

Source: HKLII ([2024] HKCFA 2)