plaintiff:
- Commissioner for Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority
defendant:
- Oriental Daily Publisher Limited
- The Sun News Publisher Limited
jurisdiction_code: null
jurisdiction_name: null
case_location:
- 香港特別行政區
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
case_reason: >-
  Plaintiff, a celebrity couple, claims damages from defendants for the publication of photographs in
  newspapers that they argue are indecent and cause distress.
case_object:
- distress damages
judgment_result:
- charge: Indecency of the Oriental article (liability issue)
  result: Allowed. The court found that the photographs were given prominent effect and showed a half-naked
    body of a model, which is indecent.
- charge: Indecency of the Sun article (liability issue)
  result: Allowed. Similar findings as for the Oriental article, with the same reasons provided.
judgment_summary: >-
  The case involves a celebrity couple suing Oriental Daily Publisher Limited and The Sun News Publisher
  Limited for publishing indecent photographs that caused them distress. The court found both defendants
  liable, as the photographs showed half-naked bodies of models prominently displayed without proper context.
  Evidence regarding editorial intentions was deemed irrelevant. Key legal points included the irrelevance
  of previous non-indecent classifications and the focus on the final product's ind
involved_entities:
- entity_name: Mr W LEUNG Esq
  reason: Presiding Magistrate in OAT Tribunal
- entity_name: Ms LAM Koon-kun and Mr Tse Wun-shuen, Edward
  reason: Adjudicators in the case
- entity_name: Miss Agnes Chan, SGC
  reason: Counsel for the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority (TELA)
- entity_name: Mr Cheng Huan and Mr Paul Leung, instructed by Messrs Iu, Lai & Li
  reason: Counsel for the defendants (Oriental Daily Publisher Limited and The Sun News Publisher Limited)
- entity_name: Oriental Daily Publisher Limited
  reason: Defendant in the case
- entity_name: The Sun News Publisher Limited
  reason: Defendant in the case
