Hawker officer admits filming women under skirts in Mong Kok
HK01 · 1 SOURCESabout 1 hour ago2 MIN
Summary
A 44-year-old Food and Environmental Hygiene Department assistant hawker control officer, Hui Chi-hang, has admitted two counts of illegally photographing or observing intimate parts after an incident at Mong Kok MTR Station on 4 May 2026. Prosecutors said plainclothes police on anti-crime patrol saw him staring at two women in short skirts, following them from the station concourse toward the stairs at Exit E2, and pointing his phone upward at their buttocks before a video was found on his device
Key Points
- The defendant, Hui Chi-hang, 44, was identified as an assistant hawker control officer with the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
- He faced two counts of illegally photographing or observing intimate parts, allegedly committed for a sexual purpose or dishonestly
- The alleged offences took place at about 6pm on 4 May 2026, from the Mong Kok MTR Station concourse to the stairs at Exit E2
- A plainclothes officer said Hui followed two women in short skirts on an escalator, holding his phone with the camera facing upward for about 10 seconds
- After stopping him, police found a 1 minute 15 second under-skirt video on the phone, and the two women confirmed they were the people filmed
Why It Matters
The case centres on covert filming in a crowded public transport setting, a type of offence that directly affects passengers’ sense of personal safety and privacy. Hui has admitted the charges and is awaiting sentencing, making the next court step the key development to watch