Police in Hong Kong have announced the arrest of two men in connection with the filming and distribution of a gay sex video.
Law enforcement apprehended two men, identified only by their first names: 40-year-old Ng, and 45-year-old Chow. Police arrested them in their apartment on Monday for unauthorized use of police uniforms, distributing obscene articles, possessing false instruments, handling stolen goods and possessing offensive weapons. Police also seized a walkie-talkie, handcuffs, an extendable baton, a BB gun, a fake police warrant card and several police uniforms from the apartment.
The Standard, a Hong Kong-based newspaper, further reports that cybersecurity and technology crime bureau senior inspector Lau Chun-yu claimed only one of the men actually appears in the video in question. He also added that the equipment in the video is not standard police issue.
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“Equipment seized from the apartment, such as a BB gun, a handcuff and an extendable baton, are not police constables’ typical equipment,” Lau said. “But the uniforms do bear a strong resemblance to the genuine ones, and police are still investigating their origin and authenticity.”
Further to the seizure of the police equipment, investigators also discovered a number of hard drives said to contain obscene videos.
As for the video clip in question, it runs about ten seconds, and shows three men dressed in police attire engaged in sexual intercourse. Though it went viral last month, it was said to be filmed in 2012.
Meanwhile, the search for other suspects continues. Inspector Lau added that, if convicted, suspects could maximum fine of HK$1 million and three-year imprisonment.
James
CHINA AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS ARE EVIL.
BoomerMyles
You’d think HK would be more tolerant considering the political abuse they suffer from the great red dragon.
RyanMBecker
BoomerMyles,
Tolerent of what? They committed multiple crimes and they would’ve been treated the same if the video had three heterosexuals. Hong Kong, like most of secular Asia, is very tolerant of gays. That’s because its homophobia is based more on the desire for procreation and gender roles than religion. Buddhism and Taoism are not inherently homophobic, unlike the Abrahamic religions. While Asians generally don’t celebrate homosexuality, neither do most condemn it. Most heterosexual Hong Kongers either accept it or view it with curiosity and amusement. Or ignore it. You don’t see many people actively campaigning against it. Only countries dominated by Christianity (Philippines) or Islam (Indonesia, Malaysia) display rabid institutionalized homophobia. And even then, the Philippines has a very visible gay culture, and a thriving gay porn and non-porn industry. Some of the best gay TV telenovelas come from the Philippines and Thailand.
BGreen1963
China “owns” Hong Kong, it is a dying city thanks to the Dictatorship. I have a cousin, his wife and their two kids who lived in Hong Kong for years and moved home a few years back as things in Hong Kong grew more dangerous and authoritarian. Ironically they moved home at a time when America was suffering the same fate under Trump and his Klansmen.
RyanMBecker
“two men, identified only by their first names: 40-year-old Ng, and 45-year-old Chow.”
No, Ng and Chow are surnames, aka last names. For example, legendary martial arts actor, Chow Yunfat. While surnames are written first in Chinese, e.g. Mao Zhedong and Xi Jinping, they correspond to our family or last names.
RyanMBecker
Why mention the viral video without a link to it?