RTHK editor ordered to do 160 hours service
Thestandard · 2 SOURCESabout 1 hour ago2 MIN
Summary
A senior editor at public broadcaster RTHK has been sentenced to 160 hours of community service after pleading guilty to filming upskirt footage of a woman in Mong Kok. The 57-year-old defendant, Chong Tak-yin, admitted the offence after police stopped him on Tung Choi Street on November 14 last year and found a video on his phone.
Key Points
- Chong Tak-yin, an assistant chief assignment editor in RTHK's Chinese news and current affairs division, was sentenced at West Kowloon Court on Wednesday.
- He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful recording or observation of intimate parts after filming a woman wearing a skirt in Mong Kok
- Patrolling officers saw Chong acting suspiciously on Tung Choi Street, following the woman and holding his phone at a 45-degree angle beneath her
- Police intercepted him and found a 17-second video showing the victim's underwear, while court documents said the footage captured her lower body.
- Under caution, Chong said the act stemmed from sexual impulse or a momentary lapse of judgment, and later sought professional psychological help.
Why It Matters
The case has drawn attention because the defendant is a civil servant working in a senior editorial role at Hong Kong's public broadcaster, adding public interest to an otherwise street-level sexual offence case. The court's reliance on probation and community service reports, which described the incident as a one-off and assessed Chong as a low reoffending risk, explains why a non-custodial sentence was imposed.