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| The scene of the street fight |
Hong Kong takes fighting in a public place very seriously.
This was emphasized to a Filipina and a Chinese man, Mari Miriam Manrique
and Chiu Hung-lung, when they were
each sentenced today at Eastern Court to two weeks’ imprisonment after they pleaded guilty to fighting in public last Feb. 15.
Both were set free immediately as they had been jailed longer than their sentence.
The scene of their fight was a subway on 1 Wong Nai Chung Road in Happy Valley.
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| Basahin ang detalye! |
Manrique, 40 years old and a recognizance card holder indicating that she is an asylum seeker, has been asking for bail reviews since her confinement last month but had been repeatedly rebuffed despite offering increasing sums of bail money.
Her opponent, on
the other hand, has worked as a parttime cleaner
who is remorseful for being in a fight with a woman, according
to his lawyer. “He did it on impulse,” he explained..
Principal Magistrate
Don So told them, after giving a sentence that was shorter
than their confinement, “You can go home tonight.”
