Second man arrested in Hong Kong over case of 23 unauthorised alerts from TVB app
- Suspect, 19, was arrested in Sau Mau Ping last week and has been granted bail pending further investigation
- In May, police also arrested a 27-year-old employee from the station over the case
Officers detained the 19-year-old student in Sau Mau Ping last Wednesday. It is understood he was one of the senders of the notifications.
Police this week said he was arrested on suspicion of accessing a computer with dishonest intent – an offence punishable by up to five years in jail.
The man has been granted bail pending further investigation. The force said on Tuesday he was required to report back to police later this month.
He was the second man caught in connection with the case in two months. Police arrested a 27-year-old TVB employee over the same offence on May 3.
The first suspect was caught just hours after the 23 alerts were sent to app users over a 21-minute period, with the first going out at midnight on May 2.
The notifications carried messages such as “Patriots rule Hong Kong”, “Lee Ka Chiu meets the press”, “hihi”, “test” and “yooooooo”, with some written in simplified Chinese characters.