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False report conviction

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A Legislative Council candidate who lost in the May by-elections received a suspended sentence at Kowloon City Court for falsely reporting to the police that she had been indecently assaulted. Real estate consultant Lam Yi-lai (pictured), 51, accused security watchman Chan Wai-kong of molesting her. Magistrate Peter Law Tak-chuen jailed her for two months but suspended the term for 18 months.

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