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Hong Kong authorities have filed a police report after a four-second clip surfaced on the Internet depicting a naked woman reaching for a bookshelf in a library in Causeway Bay. Photo: Handout

The naked and the read: video of unknown nude woman in Hong Kong library prompts police report and raises questions

  • Four-second clip appears to have been shot at library in Causeway Bay but its origin and woman’s identity unknown
  • Leisure and Cultural Services Department files police report but library has no record of incident

A police investigation is under way after a four-second clip surfaced online showing a naked woman reaching for a bookshelf in a Hong Kong library.

The four-second video that first appeared in media reports on Tuesday shows a woman taking off a garment as the camera pans towards her. The clip ends when she reaches for the bookshelf.

A naked woman reaches for a bookshelf in a four-second video that has surfaced online. Photo: Handout

The purple seating and layout of bookshelves suggest the clip was shot at the Central Library in Causeway Bay, but the origin of the video and the identity of the woman was unknown.

A Leisure and Cultural Services Department spokesman on Wednesday said it had filed a police report, although the library did not have a record of the incident.

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A police spokesman said after a preliminary investigation, officers suspected that a woman had exposed herself indecently in the library.

The case, currently listed as a request for investigation, has been taken over by Wan Chai district police. No one has been arrested as of Wednesday.

Under the Crimes Ordinance, any person who indecently exposes any body part in any public place or in view of the public without lawful authority or excuse may be sentenced to a fine of HK$2,000 (US$254) and six months in jail.

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There is also the common law offence of outraging public decency which is punishable by up to seven years in jail. A 36-year-old woman who allegedly had sex on the balcony of a private flat was detained for this last June.

Rail giant the MTR Corporation also made a report to police in January 2021 after two undated clips emerged showing two unidentified naked men engaging in sexual acts inside a train carriage. There were no reports of arrests being made in the case.

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