Lawyers for Hong Kong teen who claims she was gang-raped by police accuse city’s top cop of trying to undermine case
- Vilder & Co issue lengthy rebuttal to claims made by Commissioner of Police Chris Tang, who suggested their client lied in her statement to police
- Police say aspects of the girl’s story do not match up with the result of their investigation
Lawyers for a teenager who claimed she was gang-raped inside a Hong Kong police station have accused the city’s top cop of trying to discredit their client and undermine the case.
Vidler & Co., representing the girl, known as Ms X, responded on Saturday to comments made by Commissioner of Police Chris Tang Ping-keung, who earlier in the week suggested officers had shifted the focus of the investigation onto the complainant.
“Police are [making] an outrageous further attempt to publicly discredit her, publicly undermine her complaint and diminish any prospect of a successful prosecution. She considers such conduct should be condemned in the strongest terms,” Vidler & Co. said in a statement on Facebook.
The teen alleged she was raped by four officers inside Tsuen Wan Police Station on September 27, and reported the incident to police in October.
However, at a district council meeting on January 16, Tang said the force was looking into whether the girl had given a false statement to police. He added that officers had looked through security camera footage and found no evidence of an assault.
Police sources have previously indicated that aspects of the girl’s story do not tally with their investigations, and a spokesman reiterated that stance in a statement issued on Saturday night.
