2015年11月25日星期三

大肚婆行乞

疑街頭騙案新招 大肚婆「聲哭俱下」借路費 (03:27)

除了近期街知巷聞的假扮「速遞公司」、「政府部門」電話騙案外,原來騙徒又有「新招」呃錢!但呢次唔係靠嚇,而係利用港人同情心,實行一次過將心同金騙光。

近日有網民上載相片,指在旺角新世紀附近路邊街頭出現「大肚婆」,聲稱內地來港尋夫遭拋棄,無「盤川」返鄉,被迫要跪在街上,寫大字報行乞,希望善心人士施捨480元路費。

但網民發現,當有好心人給予480元路費讓內地孕婦離開後,未幾附近的始創對開街頭又有第二名內地「大肚婆」出現,如出一轍的寫大字報行乞返鄉路費,不禁懷疑是「街頭騙案」。

據網民Leung Tikfai表示,本周二在銀行中心附近見到同一樣行乞的「大肚婆」,不同之處是行乞大字報要求的回鄉費,已由480元改成880元,其間更不時有好心人上前「捐款」;但疑有人報警,有警員到場向行乞「大肚婆」了解。

旺角區出現懷疑騙財「大肚婆」後,隨即引起網民熱話;有人笑稱「行騙都有通脹」,但質疑騙徒只是將大字報上回鄉路費480元的4字改成8字,實在太過「求其」,呼籲大家唔好中計。

(25/11/2015明報即時新聞)

所謂萬騙不離其宗,街頭騙案不是騙同情、迷信,就是騙人貪心。大肚婆無盤川,好多人都會同情,比諸殘疾的行乞人士更易使人上當。無他,見到那人是陳世美的老婆,憐憫之心油然而生。事實上在現實生活裏確有真實的個案,所以途人受騙的機會很大。只要稍為詳細問下她的情況,就會找出破綻。譬如問下她的丈夫在那裏工作,她怎様去找他之類稍細微的問題,大肚婆便可能會收起那大字報,立即收檔。這世代做假的事情多,那個肚分分鐘是假的,叫她拿婦科檢查的醫生紙出來,可能她就拿不出,咁大個肚,問下點入境。裝個假肚,話都無咁易。别浪費了同情淚和金錢。

講出來好似好殘忍,召警來對付。召警到埸當然很難告她行騙,但告行乞就很容易,可根據這一條來檢控:

章:228 PDF標題:《簡易程序治罪條例》憲報編號:
條:26A條文標題:對乞取施捨的人的懲罰版本日期:30/06/1997

任何人到處流浪,或在任何公眾地方、街道或水道乞取或收取施捨,或導致、促致或鼓勵任何兒童作上述事情,均屬犯罪,定罪後
      (a) 如屬第一或第二次定罪,可處罰款$500及監禁1個月;及
      (b) 如屬第三次或其後定罪,可處罰款$500及監禁12個月。
(1977年第70號第3條增補
[比照 1824 c. 83 s. 3 U.K.]

罰款是$2000,不是$500。這看似是小案,卻是167項會被紀錄罪行(即留下刑事案底)之一。也有案例定罪後判入院令:HKSAR and CHEUNG MING TAT (張明達) HCMA881/2006



14 則留言:

  1. Why is the case number 2006 but the date of hearing/judgment both 2005 ie before the year of the case?

    I think it is more usual nowadays for a case like this (small case, unrepresented defendant, bilingual prosecution counsel and judge) to be heard and judgment delivered in Chinese. Even though (or especially since) the defendant was suffering from mental disorder, it seems a bit "unfair" to conduct the case in English (even with the assistance of an interpreter) when the court was able to do that in Chinese, unless the defendant was a fluent English speaker which we don't know.

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    1. You have sharp eyes. I don't know why the year is 2006 for a 2005 case.

      What surprises me is the unrepresented deft is able to say the sentence is out of proportion in light of the minor nature of the offence. I suspect he was not really a beggar and he chose to conduct the case in English otherwise the entire proceeding should be conducted in Chinese.

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  2. 標少

    請教一下,麥潤壽並非執法人員,他又沒有嚴刑逼供,為甚麼麥潤壽的行動會有影響?

    以下報導略有不同:

    僱主反口報警官指受誘導招認 涉偷錢麥潤壽女傭獲撤控
    http://hkm.appledaily.com/detail.php?guid=19388480&category_guid=4104&category=daily&issue=20151126

    麥潤壽閉門失竊韓圜表證不成立 印傭獲撤控
    http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20151125/bkn-20151125125926274-1125_00822_001.html

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    1. 法庭考慮是否接納招認(admission)的供辭,首先要考慮自願性(voluntariness), 誘導(inducement)是其中一種非自願性獲取招認的情況,法庭不會接納非自願性的招認為證供。麥先生並非執法人員,但他是女傭的僱主,屬person in authority, 所以要符合自願性招供的要求。

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  3. Where can I find the 167 recorded offenses in the Ordinance? Also, is the traffic case (such as careless driving) be regarded as recorded offices? Thank you.

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    1. The list of recordable offences is not in the Ordinance. It is an administrative measure adopted by the police. Read my blog 留案底 posted on 22/3/2014 and subsequent blogs on the issue. There is a link in the blog directing to the list.

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    2. Sorry, I forgot to mention. Careless driving itself is not a recordable offence unless a sentence of imprisonment is imposed.

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    3. Thank you 標少. Very helpful and informative.

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  4. 試過搵警察舉報有人行乞
    警察查完證件,話要入境處先可以拉佢違反逗留條件,警察做唔到,叫我唔好多事云云

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    1. 那警察講的是廢話,行乞和違反逗留條件是兩回事。明顯是唔想做。

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  5. If someone commits an offence, which is a recordable offence, but no imprisonment is imposed. Will they still have criminal records? Thank you in advance, Bill~~

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    1. No matter what sentence is given, all recordable offences give rise to criminal record retained in the database of the Criminal Record Bureau. When a term of imprisonment or suspended sentence is handed down, all non recordable offences will become recordable.

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    2. Got it. Is forgery a recordable offence?

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    3. Mate,

      Look it up. I have provided a link of the list of offences. In the list, it says

      'Forgery and counterfeiting offences & all related offences; '

      The link can be found in my blog titled 定罪是終生懲罰 posted on 28/11/2015.

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