Doctor jailed four months for indecent assault
Caritas Medical Centre doctor Yeung Kok-fung was jailed yesterday for four months after earlier being convicted in Kwun Tong Court of indecent assault. The court heard that Yeung, 26, who pleaded not guilty, pushed over a 25-year-old woman and touched her breasts in Lai Chi Kok Road in July. Yeung was released on bail pending his appeal.
Call for tougher penalties for drink-, drug-driving
The penalty for a second conviction for drug-driving or drink-driving should be permanent loss of licence, rather than the government's proposed 10-year suspension, Legco transport panel chairman Andrew Cheng Kar-foo said. He also wanted the maximum penalty for drug-driving increased from the proposed HK$25,000 fine and three years' jail to HK$50,000 and five years. He will raise the issues during today's second reading of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2011.
Schoolboy hit by tour bus in critical condition
A 16-year-old schoolboy was in critical condition last night after being hit by a tour bus while crossing Wo Muk Road, Fanling, at about 7.15am. Police said the driver passed a breath test.