Director of Public Prosecutions

9 Jun 2013

Zervos made a public commitment to show compassion for first-time offenders last year and he said the approach also applied to indecent assault cases. He urged victims not to view light sentences...

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Against proposed dirty money law

29 Apr 2013

Director of Public Prosecutions Kevin Zervos advocates the implementation of a civil forfeiture law that would allow the government to seize property before a criminal conviction or even criminal...

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Chief Hong Kong prosecutor wants easier way to seize dirty cash

22 Apr 2013

Director of Public Prosecutions Kevin Zervos said the fact that prosecutors need a criminal conviction before they can apply for a confiscation order is hampering their efforts.

8:34AM

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Director of Public Prosecutions to retire around August

18 Apr 2013

We gather that Kevin Zervos will be retiring from his position as director of public prosecutions around July or August. He resigned in November last year but it was unclear as to exactly when he...

5:33AM

The wrongs of the right-thinking approach to law

28 Mar 2013

Let's split a few hairs here. Note that Mr Zervos does not say the accused knew that he or she was dealing in the proceeds of serious crime, only that he or she knew the facts and circumstances...

5:52AM

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Justice ill-served by prosecutions in money-laundering schemes

24 Mar 2013

It is a grotesque injustice that the small cogs in alleged money laundering schemes are now not only being prosecuted, but are given sentences greater than almost any ever imposed on the biggest...

4:49AM

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Law that jailed cash mule is still an ass, whenever it was passed

Let's deal with the excuses that Mr Zervos has dished out to us for a rank miscarriage of justice in sending a little old lady to jail for 10 years on a grossly misconceived charge of money...

4:49AM

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Money laundering a serious problem

The money laundering offence provision was enacted by the legislature some time ago in 1995, and since then it has been the subject of extensive judicial scrutiny.

2:50AM

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Top lawyers clash over fairness of city's anti-money laundering laws

The Director of Public Prosecutions and one of the city's leading criminal lawyers have offered conflicting views on tough anti-money laundering laws, after two cases involving billions of dollars...

4:45AM

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LAI SEE HOWARD WINN

Something is 'rotten' in the Prosecutions Department

We gather there has been some amusement in prosecution circles over the claim by outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions Kevin Zervos, in his recent annual review, that the prosecutors who have...

3:10AM

Independence day

"The independence of prosecutorial decision making," said Nicholas Cowdery QC, past president of the International Association of Prosecutors, "is the rock on which we stand." When deciding on...

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LAI SEE HOWARD WINN

Government looks for a new director of public prosecutions

We have been talking for some months now about the interest on the part of Director of Public Prosecutions Kevin Zervos in becoming a judge. We see that the first shoe in that scenario dropped...

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