Convicted drug trafficker gets another 3 months for theft

Kowloon City Court A Filipina asylum-seeker who had just been sentenced by the High Court to 20 years and eight months for drug trafficking, was given an additional jail term of three months on Friday (October 30) for stealing a moble phone. Rosita Palao, 56 years old, was convicted of theft, contrary to section 9 of the Theft Ordinance, for stealing one mobile phone worth $11,269 on February 9, 2026, outside Isquare on Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. Magistrate Claudia Ng said she finds

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