A 19-year-old mainland university student was arrested today for indecency in public after a video clip went viral of him apparently having sex with a woman on a Hong Kong street.
Police are searching for the woman in connection with the alleged offence, which carries a maximum penalty of six months in prison and a HK$1,000 fine.
“We are told that the woman is also a mainland university student and aged about 20. It is alleged that she has returned to Beijing,” a police source said
The source said that officers were still establishing the woman’s identity and trying to contact her.
It is understood that the pair study at two different universities in Hong Kong.
The source said it was only the second time the pair had met on Tuesday night when they were among several mainlanders who gathered at a pub in Kowloon Tong to celebrate the man’s 19th birthday.
The couple drank heavily during the party before the man took the woman home to Fat Kwong Street in Ho Man Tin at about 4am on Wednesday.
Police received a report at 4.10am when the couple were accused of having sex on the pavement at a bus stop on the street.
When officers arrived, the pair – who apparently had put on their clothes – were found sitting on the pavement with the woman holding the man around his waist, according to police.
“When they stood up, the woman’s trousers, which had not been properly put on, fell down,” the source said. “It appeared she was drunk.”
A police spokeswoman said that when officers arrived, there was no illegal behaviour and police failed to locate witnesses at the scene. The pair were allowed to leave after a police investigation. No arrests were made at that time.
On Wednesday afternoon, crime-squad officers were assigned to investigate the case after online video clips showed the two mainlanders having sex on the pavement.
One of the clips, which lasted for more than one minute, showed the woman, whose trousers were off, apparently performing a sex act on the man.
A photo which circulated on the internet also showed the man climbed on top of the woman after their trousers had apparently been removed.
That night, police telephoned the mainland man and asked him to go to Kowloon City police station.
On Thursday morning, he came to the police station where police arrested him for indecency in public. He was released on bail and is required to report back to police later this month.
Detectives from the Kowloon City police district are investigating.
A veteran police officer believes this is the first indecent incident to happen in Hong Kong in such a public place in recent years.
“It’s happened under staircases, in alleys or in country parks, but not on a pavement,” he said.
The South China Morning Post decided not to publish the photos or video on the grounds of decency.
Police are searching for the woman in connection with the alleged offence, which carries a maximum penalty of six months in prison and a HK$1,000 fine.
“We are told that the woman is also a mainland university student and aged about 20. It is alleged that she has returned to Beijing,” a police source said
The source said that officers were still establishing the woman’s identity and trying to contact her.
It is understood that the pair study at two different universities in Hong Kong.
The source said it was only the second time the pair had met on Tuesday night when they were among several mainlanders who gathered at a pub in Kowloon Tong to celebrate the man’s 19th birthday.
The couple drank heavily during the party before the man took the woman home to Fat Kwong Street in Ho Man Tin at about 4am on Wednesday.
Police received a report at 4.10am when the couple were accused of having sex on the pavement at a bus stop on the street.
When officers arrived, the pair – who apparently had put on their clothes – were found sitting on the pavement with the woman holding the man around his waist, according to police.
“When they stood up, the woman’s trousers, which had not been properly put on, fell down,” the source said. “It appeared she was drunk.”
A police spokeswoman said that when officers arrived, there was no illegal behaviour and police failed to locate witnesses at the scene. The pair were allowed to leave after a police investigation. No arrests were made at that time.
On Wednesday afternoon, crime-squad officers were assigned to investigate the case after online video clips showed the two mainlanders having sex on the pavement.
One of the clips, which lasted for more than one minute, showed the woman, whose trousers were off, apparently performing a sex act on the man.
A photo which circulated on the internet also showed the man climbed on top of the woman after their trousers had apparently been removed.
That night, police telephoned the mainland man and asked him to go to Kowloon City police station.
On Thursday morning, he came to the police station where police arrested him for indecency in public. He was released on bail and is required to report back to police later this month.
Detectives from the Kowloon City police district are investigating.
A veteran police officer believes this is the first indecent incident to happen in Hong Kong in such a public place in recent years.
“It’s happened under staircases, in alleys or in country parks, but not on a pavement,” he said.
The South China Morning Post decided not to publish the photos or video on the grounds of decency.
