Eastern Court

Hong Kong Cantopop star Keung To was disqualified from driving for three months after accumulating 15 demerit points for traffic offences. The Eastern Court revoked his probationary driving licence, requiring him to surrender it within 14 days. His lawyer reported the licence loss to police, as Keung was absent from the hearing due to work commitments.

A Hong Kong domestic helper admitted to slapping her employer's 8-year-old daughter during dinner, leading to a three-year bind-over order with a HK$2,000 condition after an assault charge was dropped. The incident occurred in Wan Chai on March 20, with the mother present in a separate room.

An Australian man, Samuel Anthony Monkivitch, was fined HK$2,000 and given a suspended sentence by a Hong Kong court for skipping restaurant bills four times between April 24 and May 5. He was ordered to pay HK$2,039 in compensation to two Shangri-La hotels and a Japanese restaurant.

A suspended Hong Kong policeman, Leung Lung-kwan, faces up to seven years in prison for allegedly throwing red paint at a residential flat and accessing police internal systems without authorization. Prosecutors have transferred his case to the District Court, where he is charged with criminal damage and eight counts of unauthorized computer access.

Hong Kong film producer Raymond Wong Pak-ming was found guilty of insider trading after sharing confidential information with his sister Jenny Wong about shares in Transmit Entertainment, a company he chaired. The illegal trading resulted in over HK$1 million in profits for his sister. Magistrate Ko Wai-hung ruled that Wong's explanations for his communications were absurd and illogical.