Cutting off former Hong Kong legislator’s famous long hair was not discriminatory, court rules
Leung Kwok-hung vows to take case to city’s highest court after earlier ruling in his favour overturned on appeal
Hong Kong’s prison authorities on Monday regained the power to cut male inmates’ hair, after winning an appeal against veteran politician “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung, whose trademark mane was removed during incarceration.
The former lawmaker would also have to pay the legal costs of the commissioner of the Correctional Services Department (CSD), who made the appeal, the Court of Appeal ruled.
Leung vowed to take the case to the Court of Final Appeal.
The High Court last year ruled in Leung’s favour, saying the different treatment was based on sex, meaning the prison authority would have to review its hair restrictions for both men and women.