Kwai Chung resident home staffer faces five rape charges
SingTao · 2 SOURCESabout 1 hour ago2 MIN
Summary
A 38-year-old former assistant warden at a Hong Chi Association hostel in Tai Po is standing trial on five counts of rape involving a 23-year-old female resident with mild intellectual disability.
The prosecution says the alleged offences took place between July 13 and about August 9, 2024, after the defendant repeatedly asked the resident into rooms inside the hostel and sexually assaulted her.
The complainant, identified as X, gave evidence by video link and said she told the defendant to stop, but he told her to keep her voice down.
Prosecutors also rely on CCTV movement records, items seized from the defendant's locker, and forensic evidence showing his semen on the complainant's bedsheet.
Key Points
- Defendant Chung Pui-kei, 38 when charged, faces five rape counts allegedly committed at a Tai Po hostel on July 13, July 21, July 28, August 3 and about August 9, 2024.
- A Social Welfare Department clinical psychologist said X had an IQ of 53, was classified as mildly intellectually disabled, and had mental capacity comparable to a child aged 9 years and 8 months.
- X said the defendant took her into his room, locked the door, removed her clothes until she was naked, touched her breasts and genitals, and penetrated her after putting on a condom.
- She said she repeatedly said “don’t” and complained of pain and discomfort, while the defendant told her to be quieter; after one incident, he ejaculated onto her abdomen and wiped it away with tissue.
- Police said CCTV showed the defendant taking X into the male staff office four times during work and entering X’s room once; searches also found lubricant, unopened condoms and a male genital spray in his locker.
Why It Matters
The case focuses attention on how residential care homes protect adults with intellectual disabilities from abuse by staff in spaces without camera coverage.
It also underlines why courts may need to assess vulnerable witnesses' evidence alongside CCTV and forensic material when a complainant has difficulty recalling or describing events in detail.