Four persons were sentenced by the Magistrates' Courts today (March 21) for violating the Prevention and Control of Disease Regulation (Cap. 599A).

     The four cases involved a 54-year-old woman and three men aged 38, 58 and 72. They were earlier issued with compulsory quarantine orders. Before the expiry of the quarantine orders, they left the place of quarantine on August 4, 9, 26 and November 7 last year respectively. The 54-year-old woman and the 38-year-old-man were charged with contravening sections 32(1) and (3) of the Regulation and were respectively fined $10,000 by the Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts and $5,000 by the Tuen Mun Magistrates' Courts today. The 58-year-old man and the 72-year-old man were charged with contravening sections 22(1), (4) and (6) and sections 32(1) and (3) of the Regulation respectively and were each sentenced to imprisonment for two weeks, suspended for 12 months by the Eastern Magistrates' Courts today.

Ends/Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Issued at HKT 17:00

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