‘I felt like I was raped’: Hong Kong woman tells court she was pressured to sign up for expensive beauty services while naked
Masseur and manager from Causeway Bay beauty parlour charged with engaging in aggressive commercial practice
A woman likened herself to a rape victim after being allegedly forced to buy beauty treatments in the middle of a massage at a beauty parlour last year, a court heard on Wednesday.
Masseur Danny Kwan Ka-yee, 35, and manager Ling Pik-yee, 31, from Spa Beauty in Causeway Bay have denied two joint charges of engaging in an aggressive commercial practice. The customer ended up forking out HK$100,000 for a string of services, including skincare and lymphatic treatments.
The pair allegedly heaped aggressive sale tactics on Kwan Ka-yiu, 42, on two occasions, on January 5 and July 24 last year.
The court heard that the witness, who works in public relations, ventured to the beauty parlour on the first occasion to use a coupon given to her by friends.
But she allegedly ended up being asked to purchase more treatments, to which she reluctantly agreed as she was desperate to leave.
At one point, the prosecution witness testified, Danny Kwan allegedly put her hands on her breasts and said there were lumps there as well as under her arms, which might have been due to her lymphatic conditions.