A mainlander who robbed an elderly herbalist after coming to the SAR with a tour group was told by a judge yesterday he should say sorry to the whole of Hong Kong.
Ng Kai-shing, 29, who pleaded guilty to robbery, was jailed for four years.
Ng came to the SAR on January 30 and committed the robbery the following day, the District Court heard.
Defence lawyer Walter Liu said Ng was remorseful and hoped to apologise to the victim.
Judge Wesley Wong Wing-fai said the apology should be offered to the Hong Kong public as a whole. '[Ng] should say sorry to all people in Hong Kong for having disrupted law and order in Hong Kong,' he said.
Prosecutor Henry Hung said Ng had posed as a patient on January 31 when he visited a herbalist's clinic in Mongkok.