Pair held at Mong Kok clinic for illegally injecting Botox
Pair arrested at Mong Kok beauty clinic are a nurse and a suspended doctor, source says
Two beauty centre staff have been arrested for giving illegal Botox injections to clients, the Health Department announced yesterday.
Suspended doctor Peter Siu Ting-wing, 58, and a nurse, 54, were arrested at First Clinic on Nathan Road in Mong Kok on Monday, according to a police source.
Police and the department would only confirm that officers who raided a clinic found a 58-year-old man, who was not a medical practitioner, presenting himself as a doctor to his client, and offering Botox injections. The product being injected was suspected to be unregistered.
A search of the premises also revealed the illegal possession of poisons, antibiotics and unregistered pharmaceutical products.
The search on Monday night was prompted by a public complaint against a beauty salon in Mong Kok, the police said. "Invasive beauty procedures, such as injections of chemical substances or pharmaceutical products, may carry risks such as bleeding, infection, scarring and nerve injury," a Health Department spokesman said.
Both parties are suspected of illegal possession of medicine.
The search, launched by the Health Department and the police, is part of a large-scale fight against unscrupulous practices in the beauty business.