US teacher accused of sexually abusing autistic boy 'fled to Hong Kong'
Woman, 25, thought to be in city, faces charges over alleged offence on autistic teen
An American teacher accused of sexually abusing an autistic student was believed to have fled to Hong Kong last month, US media revealed yesterday.
Sharon Kui Yee-tak, a 25-year-old former teacher's aide at the privately run Frost School in Montgomery County, Maryland, was accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with a 15-year-old pupil with autism.
Kui was subsequently fired by the school, which teaches children who have behavioural disabilities, autism and other special needs.
She allegedly exchanged explicit text messages with the boy before driving to his home in the same county on two occasions - both Sunday mornings, when the boy's parents were at church. The first time, Kui was said to have "kissed the victim and fondled his penis". She allegedly had sex with him the second time.
"As a human being you experience shock, rage, fear," Ron Harding, the boy's father, told US media on Tuesday. "This is the kind of situation that kills the faith of individuals and separates people in our society."
The victim's family reported the offence to police on November 11. Kui was said to have taken an early morning flight from New York to Hong Kong on November 13, a day after an arrest warrant was obtained. Montgomery police told local media that Kui's brother lived in Hong Kong.