Canto-pop star Nicholas Tse Ting-fung faces a hearing on Friday week on whether his controversial sentence of 240 hours' community service for conspiring to pervert the course of justice should be increased.
That is the day set for hearing an application by the Secretary of Justice, Elsie Leung Oi-sie, for a review of Tse's sentence on the grounds it is 'manifestly inadequate' and 'wrong in principle', according to the pop star's barrister James Chandler.
He said the hearing would be held in Western Court before the sentencing magistrate Allan Wyeth.
The application by the secretary on the Justice Department's behalf followed criticism from lawyers, educationists, social workers and lawmakers about the 'disparity' of the sentences on Tse and a co-accused policeman.
Both Tse and his co-accused, traffic police constable Lau Chi-wai, will appear at the hearing. Miss Leung will also seek a review of Lau's sentence of six months' jail.
Earlier this month, Tse, 22, and Lau, 28, were each convicted of one joint charge of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.