Hongkonger gets 52 months in jail for molesting two boys while working as private tutor
- Yan Tsz-ho, 37, molested two boys – aged 6 and 7 – after securing a job as a private tutor by concealing his previous conviction for sexual offences
- Pre-sentencing reports revealed he was a paedophile who posed harm to little boys and judge said a deterrent sentence was needed to prevent a repeat offence
A Hong Kong convenience store worker has been jailed for more than four years for molesting two boys after he secured a job as a private tutor by concealing his previous conviction for sexual offences.
Deputy district judge Cheang Kei-hong on Thursday jailed Yan Tsz-ho, 37, for 52 months and asked the Correctional Services Department to follow up on experts’ recommendations for in-depth psychological treatment after pre-sentencing reports revealed that Yan intended to pick up tutoring again once released from prison.
The District Court heard Yan had withheld his criminal record when he took up assignments from a charity organisation to provide free one-on-one tutoring for two pupils, aged 6 and 7, who cannot be identified for legal reasons.
The married man had been jailed for 20 months on two counts of homosexual buggery, after he admitted to twice assaulting a 14-year-old when he was 26.
But he signed declarations – in front of his pupils’ parents – confirming that he had no criminal convictions relating to sexual offences, and assaulted the boys on four occasions in over six months.
The case came to light in May last year when the younger boy’s mother found him touching his penis and complaining about itch and pain.