Hong Kong YouTuber and assistant arrested over unlawful detention after posting clip of confrontation with suspected paedophile
- YouTuber, 25, and an assistant held after video showing suspect kneeling on street begging to be allowed to leave goes viral
- Police also arrest the victim on suspicion of possession of child pornography after searching his mobile phone
A YouTuber in Hong Kong and one of his assistants have been arrested over unlawful detention after a video of a meeting he allegedly set up to catch a suspected paedophile went viral on the internet.
In the 12-minute clip posted to the channel of Rock Gor, or Brother Rock, the 23-year-old victim is seen being cowed into kneeling on the pavement of a Kowloon City street last month. As Brother Rock threatens to make a report to police, the victim is heard saying “sorry” and begging for them to “let me go”.
Police on Monday said they were searching for three other men believed to have helped film the incident, which took place on Grampian Road on July 11.
Officers also arrested the victim on suspicion of possession of child pornography after searching his mobile phone.
“More than 100 videos and over 50 photos of child pornography were found on his mobile phone,” Inspector Wong Chi-ting of Kowloon City district crime squad said.