Pro-Occupy policeman in Hong Kong convicted of possessing child pornography
Inspector who claimed fellow officers had planted obscene materials on his computer fails to convince judge of claim
A Hong Kong police inspector who claimed his fellow officers had planted child pornography on his computer because of his pro-democracy views failed to convince a judge of his claim on Monday.
Tony Sze Hang, 31, was convicted at the District Court of one count of being in possession of child pornography.
Returning his verdict, Judge Timothy Casewell said it was “speculation that he was so much of a problem” that other officers would have framed him.
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At trial, he testified that since the start of the investigation, he had been bombarded with offensive text messages from his colleagues, whom he suspected might have set him up.
The messages never went beyond an expression of opinion
But the judge said on Monday: “The messages never went beyond an expression of opinion.”
Casewell also said Sze’s superiors might have removed the inspector from the front line over disciplinary hearings relating to politically charged matters. But the judge, citing internal reports, said his superiors appeared to have taken a tolerant approach.
