https://www.scmp.com/rss/523068/feed The latest news and top stories on Kestrel Lam Tsz-hong. Appointed as a Permanent Magistrate in Hong Kong on 11 January 2023, he presides at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts and Kowloon City Court. He holds an LL.B. from Durham University and a P.C.LL. from the University of Hong Kong, having been called to the Bar in 2009 and previously engaged in private practice. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Brian Wong Brian Wong A veteran Hong Kong lawyer has been fined HK$2,000 (US$257) for careless driving and failing to provide information on demand, after a magistrate found the defendant had endangered road users’ safety by crossing a double white line last year. Eastern Court on Monday ruled that Senior Counsel Alan Hoo failed to exercise the sufficient care and attention expected of a reasonable and prudent driver when he overtook two cars and nearly hit three pedestrians crossing the road. The court also found... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3330443/veteran-hong-kong-lawyer-fined-hk2000-over-careless-driving?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3330443/veteran-hong-kong-lawyer-fined-hk2000-over-careless-driving?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Oct 2025 06:31:36 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong A veteran Hong Kong barrister has denied endangering the safety of road users by crossing a double white line while driving last year, saying that pedestrians who “dashed out” from the pavement should also take the blame. Senior Counsel Alan Hoo, who was a member of the national committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference from 2003 to 2023, on Tuesday stood trial at Eastern Court on charges of careless driving and failing to give information on demand. The trial heard the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3328981/top-hong-kong-barrister-74-denies-endangering-road-safety-careless-driving?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3328981/top-hong-kong-barrister-74-denies-endangering-road-safety-careless-driving?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:33:13 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong The husband of a former Miss Hong Kong runner-up has been cleared of assault and criminal intimidation charges after a court rejected her contradictory evidence. Eastern Court on Tuesday ruled that Vivian Lee Ming-wai’s allegations about being choked and threatened at knifepoint by businessman Johnson Chan at their home were contradicted by other contemporaneous records, including a signed police statement in which the complainant acknowledged that nobody was injured in the incident. The court... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3325727/husband-former-miss-hong-kong-runner-cleared-assault-charge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3325727/husband-former-miss-hong-kong-runner-cleared-assault-charge?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:10:12 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong A former Miss Hong Kong runner-up has accused her businessman husband of threatening her with a knife and choking her at their home earlier this year, while insisting her allegations are irrelevant to their ongoing legal dispute over his family’s assets. Vivian Lee Ming-wai, 49, appeared at Eastern Court on Wednesday to testify against her husband, Johnson Chan, 58, who is on trial for criminal intimidation and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Lee came second in the 1997 Miss Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3325070/former-miss-hong-kong-runner-accuses-husband-threatening-her-knifepoint?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3325070/former-miss-hong-kong-runner-accuses-husband-threatening-her-knifepoint?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:01:38 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong A Hong Kong court has allowed an Indonesian tourist to return home while waiting for authorities to decide whether to continue with his prosecution over a fallen tumbler that hit another visitor at The Peak. Merchant Satnauli Bangun, 44, was not required to enter a plea on a count of allowing an object to fall from a height when he first appeared at Eastern Court on Friday. Prosecutor Jennifer Cheung Toi-ling said the Department of Justice needed time to decide whether to press ahead with the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3317000/indonesian-can-leave-hong-kong-pending-prosecution-over-fallen-tumbler-court?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3317000/indonesian-can-leave-hong-kong-pending-prosecution-over-fallen-tumbler-court?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Jul 2025 10:29:31 +0000