Hong Kong protests: telecoms worker earns city’s first criminal conviction for doxxing during anti-government unrest
- Chan King-hei, 33, found guilty of sharing information about police inspector’s father online after using job to cull data of 29 individuals
- Court hears those targeted by former Hong Kong Telecommunications employee included 20 police officers and six of their family members
District Judge Frankie Yiu Fun-che on Friday concluded that Chan King-hei, 33, saved the personal data of 29 individuals and recorded 63 addresses without the permission of his then-employer, Hong Kong Telecommunications, and shared information related to a police inspector’s father in an online doxxing group.
The four actions for which he was convicted spanned July 24 to September 9.
“This is a serious case,” the judge said while remanding Chan. “By using his company’s computer system to make searches, whether he was too bored or … personally thought some people had done wrong and hoped that others would not have any dealings with these people, subjectively or objectively, the defendant was not carrying out his duties.”
“He did not have any authorisation and he breached the trust of his employer,” the judge added.