In Secretary for Justice v Poon Chuk Hung [2026] HKCFI 1986, Au-Yeung J imposed one month’s imprisonment for criminal and civil contempt in making insulting and abusive remarks about a Labour Tribunal officer and disclosing the trial transcripts in breach of an undertaking provided to the court.
By way of background, the Secretary for Justice sought an order of committal against Poon Chuk Hung (“Poon”) for criminal and civil contempt arising from Labour Tribunal proceedings involving a company with Poon as the sole director. Poon obtained the trial transcript by signing an undertaking that it would only be used for purposes in connection with those proceedings and not for any other purpose, and would not be reproduced or disseminated to any other person or body. Nonetheless, Poon published screenshots of the transcript on Facebook and referred to its contents in YouTube videos. Furthermore, he made insulting and abusive remarks about the presiding Labour Tribunal officer in one of
