Hong Kong construction worker jailed for 10 years for raping Indonesian domestic helper slammed by judge for showing no remorse
- Fung Hoi-yeung showed ‘utter contempt’ for his victim, says Madam Justice Audrey Campbell-Moffat
- Judge also says defendant’s mother and sister lied in court in attempt to help him get away with it
A Hong Kong man who showed no remorse after he raped his Indonesian domestic helper five days into her job was jailed for 10 years by a court on Wednesday.
Fung Hoi-yeung, 27, was found guilty last month after the jury rejected his claim that the victim kept his semen-stained underwear and put the fluid on her clothes and sheets to frame him so she could obtain severance fees and repay loans.
Defence counsel Chan Pak-kong argued in mitigation that the offence was committed on the spur of the moment by a man of previous good character, while his sisters and a friend wrote letters that portrayed him as a good father and son.
But that was dismissed by Madam Justice Audrey Campbell-Moffat, who slammed the construction worker for carrying out a planned attack and mounting a defence that showed persistent denial, “absolutely no remorse” and “utter disdain for the criminal justice system”.
“In this case there was a gross breach of trust in respect of the employer-employee relationship,” she said. “Not only did you violate her in a way she will never forget, you put her through a trial, you showed utter contempt for her.”
The judge also noted that Fung had treated his helper with “total disrespect” – hurling verbal abuse to “belittle, demean and undermine” her even before the rape – and observed that even his elder sister, who wrote in mitigation, could not get her nationality right, thinking she was Indian.