By Vir B. Lumicao
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An unemployed Filipina with Chinese citizenship and a Caucasian male with a Hong Kong ID card who were due to enter their plea for taking part in an illegal gathering, failed to show up for a hearing in Eastern Court today, Oct 4.
A Frenchman also slated for plea-taking for not wearing a mask was also was absent.
As a result of their absence, the prosecutor said the three, Virginia R. Hwang, Alexander D. O’Neill and Leo A. Villemin will be issued summonses.
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Hwang and O’Neill faced separate charges of “participating in a prohibited group gathering” before Magistrate Vivian Ho.
Villemin faced a charge of “failing to wear a mask in a public place,” in violation of anti-Covid-regulations.
The prosecution declined to give details of the cases.
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But in earlier case, Hwang, 62, and O’Neill, 36, were among four persons charged on Jul 20 for “gambling in a gambling establishment” on Feb 3 in an eighth floor flat at Lai Yuen Apartments , Russell St, Causeway Bay.
O’Neill pleaded guilty and was fined $1,000. Their two companions, Lam Wing-chuen and Chui Tak-man, both 45, were fined $1,500 each.
Hwang, who was also charged with possessing apparatus fit for inhaling drugs and for drug possession, was not asked for her plea then.
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Meanwhile, an Indonesian woman was fined $6,000 for operating a food shop in Central beyond the 10pm closing time for catering businesses imposed by the government as a measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
The defendant, Jharna Sunwar, pleaded guilty to a charge of violating the Prevention and Control of Disease Regulation (Cap. 599F).
The prosecution said that on Mar 28, a team of health and
police officers inspected a catering business at
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Investigating officers found that the shop had a valid business licence, but arrested the defendant for operating the business illegally beyond the prescribed closing time.
After Sunwar pleaded guilty, Magistrate Ho fined her $6,000.
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