A MAN pretended to be a police officer on duty outside a disco because he feared for his safety after an earlier argument with a group of teenagers, a court heard yesterday.
Ho Yiu-tung, 23, a ship repair worker, pleaded guilty in South Kowloon Court to two counts of impersonating a police officer.
He was accused of pretending to be a policeman and an anti-triad officer in a corridor of Energy Plaza in Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, on January 22.
Magistrate Fergal Sweeney fined him $2,000.
The court heard Ho approached five teenagers and said he was a police officer as they were leaving the Fever Disco at Energy Plaza at 6.20 pm. Ho questioned them before letting them go.
Later, four of the five-strong group were confronted by Ho in the corridor of the building.