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Hong Kong – Woman sentenced for breaching compulsory quarantine order

Woman sentenced for breaching compulsory quarantine order *********************************************************      A 33-year-old woman was sentenced to immediate imprisonment for 14 days by the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts today (June 26) for violating the Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong Regulation (Cap. 599C) (the Regulation).      The woman was earlier issued a compulsory quarantine order stating that she must conduct quarantine at a hotel for 14 days. Before the expiry of the quarantine order, she left the place of quarantine on June 21, 2021, without reasonable excuse nor permission given by an authorised officer. She was charged with contravening sections 8(1) ... Read more