由此 - 2 A A prostitution, contrary to ss. 137(1), 159A and 159C of the Crimes B B Ordinance, Cap. 200. On 15 May 2008 he was sentenced to undergo C imprisonment for 18 months. He sought leave to appeal the sentence. C On 15 January 2009 we granted leave, allowed the appeal and ordered the D E F applicant’s immediate release. It is pertinent to note that this was the order sought on behalf of the applicant and was accepted, responsibly, by Mr David Leung, who appeared for the respondent, to be appropriate. D E F We indicated that we would give our reasons for our decision and this now G G do. H H 2. I J K L M N O P Q R S T The facts were straightforward. They were conveniently summarised on behalf of the respondent in this fashion: I "2. The applicant was the proprietor of a business running a website on the Internet which provided for advertisement of services rendered by prostitutes working in one-woman brothels and hotels. The website contained lewd photographs of the prostitutes, their names, services rendered and prices charged, their addresses and contact telephone numbers. The prostitutes have $600 per month for the advertisement. J 3. D2 to D7 were staff employed by the applicant. D2 was responsible for designing and managing the website and to provide technical support of the website. D3, D4 and D5 were photographers. Their responsibilities were to visit the addresses provided by the prostitutes, and take photographs of them. They took down personal details of the prostitutes and also collected the charges from them. When they returned to the office, the information and the photographs of the prostitutes would be passed to D6 for uploading to the website. As to the money received from the prostitutes, they would hand it over to the applicant. M 4. D6 was a photograph editor where he was responsible to edit the photos of the prostitutes and upload them onto the website. D6 was also responsible for receiving calls from the prostitutes who placed job orders with the business. D6 would pass the addresses of the prostitutes to D3 to D5 for taking photographs. D7 worked as a computer programmer responsible for renewing the contents of the website. K L N O P Q R S T U U V V