A Hong Kong court has ordered a civil servant at public broadcaster RTHK to perform 160 hours of community service after he admitted filming upskirt footage of a woman in public.Chong Tak-yin, assistant chief assignment editor at RTHK’s Chinese news and current affairs division, received the sentence on Wednesday at West Kowloon Court after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful recording or observation of intimate parts.The 57-year-old told arresting officers the offence was “a momentary lapse of judgment” driven by sexual impulse when he filmed a woman in a skirt in Mong Kok on November 14 last year.
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WED · 2026-08-26 · 04:09 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0826-105990
NSR-2026-0826-105990News Report·EN·Legal & Judicial
RTHK editor gets 160 hours of community service for upskirt video
Chong Tak-yin, a 57-year-old civil servant and assistant chief assignment editor at RTHK's Chinese news and current affairs division, was sentenced to 160 hours of community service by a Hong Kong court. He pleaded guilty to unlawfully recording intimate parts after admitting to filming upskirt footage of a woman in public.
Fiona ChowSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-08-26 · 04:09 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Chong Tak-yin, a 57-year-old civil servant and assistant chief assignment editor at RTHK's Chinese news and current affairs division, was sentenced to 160 hours of community service by a Hong Kong court. He pleaded guilty to unlawfully recording intimate parts after admitting to filming upskirt footage of a woman in public. The incident occurred on November 14 last year in Mong Kok. Chong told arresting officers that the offense was a "momentary lapse of judgment" driven by sexual impulse. The sentencing took place on Wednesday at West Kowloon Court.
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Chong described the offense as 'a momentary lapse of judgment' driven by sexual impulse.
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Chong Tak-yin, assistant chief assignment editor at RTHK, pleaded guilty to unlawful recording.
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A RTHK editor was sentenced to 160 hours of community service for filming upskirt footage.
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