Seven students arrested over hidden cameras in changing rooms of Hong Kong school
Sources say the equipment has been on-site for ‘more than three months’
Seven boys from St Stephen’s College have been arrested on suspicion of installing hidden mini-cameras in changing rooms.
The cameras, which may have been operating for more than three months at the Stanley school, have prompted calls for better sex education.
At least four cameras had been set up at the school on Tung Tau Wan Road since late last year, sources told the Post.
The devices were found in both male and female changing rooms that students use during physical education lessons.
Some cameras that could be connected to mobile phones or computers were also found in classrooms, the sources said.
Under the Crimes Ordinance, accessing a computer with criminal or dishonest intent carries a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment.
Joe Ching Kin-cho, a social worker with Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service’s youth enhancement scheme, said sex education in schools often focused only on biological knowledge, ignoring other important areas such as respect, compassion, relevant laws and social norms.