Hong Kong’s judiciary says High Court judge Wilson Chan Ka-shun will be reprimanded again for plagiarism after being found to have copied substantial parts of a judgment. The issue stems from a case he handled in 2024, where an appeal court concluded that he used “impermissible judicial copying,” lifting nearly 95% of a previous judgment or substantial sections taken from the defendant’s counsel’s submissions, including parts described as opening and closing arguments. The judiciary says Chief Justice Andrew Cheung Kui-nung will issue a “serious reprimand” for a second time since 2023 and will also require the judge to undergo training. Multiple outlets report this is at least the third known plagiarism incident involving Chan within about three years, following earlier reprimands. The latest development comes after a Court of Appeal ruling dated July 15 became public, and an associated order for a retrial was reported following the appellate court’s findings. The judiciary statement focuses on the need for corrective measures and compliance with judicial standards, while the parties’ underlying dispute proceeds through the ordered retrial.