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Filipino convicted of assault jailed pending drug report

28 October 2024

 

Neighborhood where the assault happened (Google Maps photo)

A Filipino bartender scheduled to be sentenced at West Kowloon Court to do community service as a penalty for assaulting a local man, was instead detained today after his urine test showed traces of marijuana.

M. Tibio, 33 years old, will be in jail custody while waiting for the report of the Drug Abuse Treatment Center which Magistrate Gary Chu ordered after he adjourned the case to Nov. 11.

“CSO (community service order) is not recommended due to continued drug abuse,” Magistrate Chu said, noting the risks faced by other people who will be working with him.

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He cited the CSO report and the results of four drug tests he ordered after Tibio pleaded guilty during the previous hearing last Sept. 30.

Tibio was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm after he punched a male Chinese last June 23 on South Lantau Road, Pui O, in Lantau island.

Chu blamed his drug abuse for the incident, noting that he was also convicted of drug possession in 2020 and was fined $2,000.

Magistrate Chu also noted that he was living with his three children. “I am concerned that while you are taking drugs, I wonder how you are able to (take care of them),” he told Tibio.

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