Hong Kong woman jailed for three months after being caught practising Chinese medicine illegally for second time
Fong Ming-wan, 46, was arrested after treating undercover police officer in sting operation
A woman who failed to learn her lesson after being caught red-handed practising traditional Chinese medicine without a licence was jailed for three months on Wednesday after being arrested for a second time.
Fong Ming-wan, 46, was caught in a sting operation on February 8, just two months after she was slapped with a suspended two-month jail term in an earlier brush with the law.
On Wednesday, the Kowloon City Court found her guilty of practising without a registration, contrary to the city’s Chinese Medicine Ordinance, for the February offence, and sentenced her to two months in jail.
Noting that Fong was not a first-time offender, Deputy Magistrate Leung Lai-yin ordered her to serve her suspended sentence, half of which would run consecutively with the present term. He sentenced her to a total of three months in jail.
“You obviously did not cherish the opportunity [granted by the previous court],” Leung said, highlighting the short time between the present offence and the last trial, when Fong was warned not to reoffend.