Molestation case adjourned due to illness

A secondary teacher on trial for allegedly molesting a 17-year-old pupil was yesterday told that the trial had to be adjourned due to the magistrate's illness. In Kwun Tong Court, Acting Principal Magistrate Rickie Chan Kam-cheong said that deputy magistrate Poon Chin-chiu was ill and it was unclear when he would continue. The trial has one witness left to testify.