Mr Justice Wilson Chan Ka-shun – Charm

Koo Ming-kown and the three other plaintiffs had filed an appeal on the grounds that the judge had copied large swathes of text from the defence counsel’s closing submissions. Photo: Handout

Retrial ordered after Hong Kong judge caught plagiarising again in ruling

2 months ago02 mins

A Hong Kong High Court judge previously reprimanded for plagiarism has been found to have done so again, after an appeal court determined that almost 95 per cent of a previous judgment was lifted from the defendant’s counsel. In a ruling dated July 15, which came to light on Tuesday, a panel of three Court…

Mentally ill Hongkonger admits killing mother he mistook for ‘monster lizard’

6 months ago02 mins

A Hong Kong man has admitted killing his mother in a public rental flat four years ago under the delusion that she was a “monster lizard” who had pretended to be his family. Wong Chun-kit, 28, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility, after prosecutors acknowledged he had suffered a relapse…