Hong Kong man jailed for 6 months for voyeurism after disguising himself as pupil, entering female school toilet to plant hidden camera

Principal magistrate says Cheung Chun-hong seriously invaded privacy of pupils, handing him half-year jail term after guilty plea on three voyeurism charges

Cheung sneaked into female bathroom stall at school last year while dressed in uniform, before pupils discovered him and phone he had planted

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The case was heard at Kowloon City Court. A psychology report has said the defendant has a medium-to-high possibility of committing similar crimes again. Photo: Nora Tam

Published: 2:22pm, 17 Apr 2024Updated: 4:25pm, 17 Apr 2024

A 31-year-old Hong Kong man has been jailed for six months for voyeurism after he disguised himself as a pupil and entered a female toilet in a school to plant a hidden camera.

Principal Magistrate Ko Wai-hung said on Wednesday that Cheung Chun-hong, a senior operations officer at Citybus, had seriously invaded the privacy of the pupils at Good Hope School in Wong Tai Sin.

“The crime is more severe as the victims are underage and their school is a place where they expect their privacy to be protected,” Ko said.

Cheung was sentenced at Kowloon City Court to half a year in jail on three charges of voyeurism.

The court heard he had sneaked into a female bathroom stall at the girls’ school last October, dressed in the institution’s uniform and wearing make-up.

A screenshot of footage showing Cheung Chun-hong in a school uniform. He was arrested four days after pupils confronted him in a toilet on campus. Photo: Handout

Two pupils discovered Cheung in the bathroom and also found a mobile phone he planted inside the stall.