Hong Kong government employee jailed for taking upskirt videos of women at work
Judge blasts man’s conduct as ‘disgraceful’ after he pleaded guilty to 21 counts of accessing a computer with dishonest intent
A Hong Kong government officer who took upskirt videos of women while he was supposed to be witnessing their oaths at work was jailed for 22 months on Wednesday, with the judge calling his behaviour “disgraceful”.
Hung Cheung-hong, a commissioner for oaths at the Home Affairs Department, was sentenced at the District Court a day after he pleaded guilty to 21 counts of accessing a computer with dishonest intent.
The 31-year-old father of two, also an auxiliary police officer, admitted that between 2014 and 2016, he had taken indecent videos of 20 women who came to seek his services at the North District Office. He distracted his victims by asking them to turn around, the court heard.
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Sentencing Hung on Wednesday, Deputy Judge Don So Man-lung said oath-taking was meant to be a solemn matter, but Hung had used that to prey on his victims while they were unaware.
“This makes one’s hair stand,” he said.
This makes one’s hair stand
He noted some of the videos featured the women’s faces and identities. “If they were leaked, it would be a blow to these innocent women,” the judge added.
