February 2000
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Hong Kong cuts a repeat offender’s cannabis-possession sentence to two months
Phung Hai’s six-month prison sentence for possessing 1.18 g of cannabis was reduced to two months on appeal.[@1] The original magistrate had relied on two earlier drug convictions to reject a fine, but the appeal judge accepted that the sentence was excessive in light of the sentencing authorities; the prosecution did not defend it.[@1]