Suspended policeman faces 7 years in jail over red paint vandalism, data access

A Hong Kong policeman accused of throwing red paint at the front door of a residential flat and accessing the force’s internal systems without authorisation could face up to seven years in prison after prosecutors sought to transfer his case to the District Court.Leung Lung-kwan, 41, appeared at Eastern Court on Wednesday for the first time after being charged with one count of criminal damage and eight counts of accessing a computer with dishonest intent.Prosecutors alleged that he accessed the force’s computer systems, including criminal intelligence, case management and investigation records, between April and May in 2024.