Hong Kong student arrested for allegedly indecently assaulting young woman after a ‘ritual’ to improve her luck
- Police say the purported ceremony, which involved the 18-year-old woman drinking two bottles of rice wine, was merely a ruse to lure her in
- The alleged assault took place while the woman was unconscious in a park in Kwai Chung
The 20-year-old man approached the victim – also a university student – on the street in Kwai Chung on March 11, claiming he was doing academic research and asking her to fill out some questionnaires.
During the conversation, he claimed he could help her get rid of bad luck by performing a rite, and the young woman gave him her mobile phone number, according to police.
He later contacted the woman and asked her to meet at Kwai Fong Estate in the same district on Sunday. After meeting at around 3pm, he took her to buy five bottles of Chinese rice wine, claiming the liquor would be used in the ritual. The two then went to Central Kwai Chung Park in Tai Lin Pai Road, where the purported ceremony was carried out.
“During the ritual, the man asked her to drink two bottles of Chinese rice wine to complete the ceremony,” Inspector Wong Lou-sa of the Kwai Tsing criminal investigation unit said on Tuesday.
As instructed, the victim drank the two bottles of liquor and subsequently passed out.