Police in Hong Kong have launched a probe into a viral video that shows two men having sex on the city’s mass transit railway.
The 45-second video depicts two men in an apparently empty train car, masturbating and having sex, their clothes strewn about. Emojis conceal both their faces, obscuring their identities. Another 30-second clip shows one of the men taking a selfie, this time, with other passengers in the car.
The videos in question circulated on Twitter, though the account that posted them has since gone offline. MTR officials received no complaints from other passengers, and station cameras did not record any misconduct.
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“The Tsing Yi operations control centre has reported the case to police and will assist the investigation,” a spokesman for the MTR told the South China Morning Post. Law enforcement has listed the charges as “disorderly conduct in a public place” and “disseminating obscene and indecent articles.”
If caught and convicted, the men in the video could face a fine of up to HK$5,000 (US$644) and seven years in jail. A similar incident occurred in 2015 when a security guard identified two teenagers having sex at a public bus stop. The pair were convicted and received a sentence of 60 hours of community service as well as seven years probation.
James
HONG KONG HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE UGLY REPRESSIVE CHINESE EMPIRE. FREEDOM IN HONG KONG IS GONE. MAY HONG KONG BE FREE.
Openminded
Yeah, from what I’ve read, it’s really sad to think the citizen’s lives can change so drastically, so quickly. Really hard to come up with anything good that comes from China.
glennmcbride
Why are you yelling?
James
The hong kong police are nothing but nazis.
Doug
Where’s the video?
SientoCaer89
It’s so sad that laws like that still exist. That said why would you do that in public and get yourself in trouble. Knowing what could happen.