Court adjourns medical exemption fraud case for legal team change

A doctor is being accused of falsely issuing over 10,000 "vaccine exemption certificates" during the epidemic.

The verdict for Annie Choi Sui-mui's case was originally scheduled for today.

However, as the defendant applied to change her legal team, the case has been adjourned to the 3rd of next month.

Choi is suspected of falsely issuing approximately 12,000 "vaccine exemption certificates" within eight months in 2022 and is charged with 17 counts of obtaining access to a computer with dishonest intent.

The court received a written affidavit submitted by the defendant last Friday, requesting two to three months from the court to seek a new legal team.

Deputy District Judge Katherine Lo noted closing submissions for the case were completed at the end of March.

She expressed incomprehension that although the defendant had indicated dissatisfaction with her legal team as early as December last year, she waited 11 months before raising the issue.

Stating the court could not possibly allow a two- to three-month adjournment, the judge decided to grant three weeks, adjourning the case to the 3rd of next month for re-mention.