Judge’s Niece Avoids Jail in Hong Kong Police Assault
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A Hong Kong judge’s niece will stay on probation for assaulting a police officer, a magistrate ruled today in rejecting prosecutors’ arguments she should be jailed for her third such conviction.
“The focus of this court is not whether or not the defendant is rich or poor,” Magistrate Anthony Yuen said as he upheld his earlier sentence of Amina Mariam Bokhary. “It’s whether the defendant is good or bad in nature, whether she has a chance at rehabilitation.”