Hong Kong private tutorial centre owner among six men arrested for possessing child pornography
- Preliminary investigation showed students from the tutorial centre were not the victims and the 36-year-old man involved did not teach the children
- Among other suspects, aged 25 to 38, are a computer technician, an assistant shop manager and a construction worker
The owner of a Hong Kong private tutorial centre running courses for primary pupils was among six men arrested on Friday with the seizure of at least 600 videos containing child pornography, police said on Friday.
Preliminary investigation showed students from the tutorial centre at Sha Tin were not the victims in the videos and the 36-year-old man involved did not teach there, one police source said.
“The boys and girls in the videos are from other countries. Initial investigation showed no Hong Kong children were involved,” the source said. Some of the videos reportedly depicted sexual intercourse between adults and children.
The other five suspects, aged between 25 and 38, included a computer technician, an assistant shop manager and a construction worker.
The six men had been identified in an intelligence-led operation by the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau before officers swooped into action and arrested them in a series of raids across the city on Friday morning. Seven computers and some storage devices were seized.