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Jump to full article: eMaxHealth, 2009-09-11
Author: Source: Hong Kong Department Of Health
Intro: A smoker was convicted by the Court for assaulting a Tobacco Control Inspector (TCI), A spokesman for the Hong Kong Department of Health said.
The man, aged 32, was fined $2 000 and ordered to pay compensation of $133 to the affected TCI by Eastern Magistrates' Court.
The incident took place on July 5 when the man was found smoking by a TCI in an amusement game centre in Wan Chai. He forcefully pulled a door which hit the TCI at the chest during the course of investigation.
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