A Hong Kong woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for assisting in robbing three people as a teenager by luring them to a deserted location before her fellow gang members attacked them and took nude photos for extortion.The High Court sentenced 23-year-old Hau Yan-ki on Tuesday after a jury rejected her assertion that she had mistakenly believed she was just helping her friends to collect debts from the victims.She was among six people – two women and four men – arrested in connection with a series of extortion schemes perpetrated by the gang in November 2020.
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TUE · 2026-07-14 · 09:02 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0714-92886
NSR-2026-0714-92886News Report·EN·Legal & Judicial
Hong Kong woman gets 10 years in jail for luring victims into gang’s extortion plot
A 23-year-old Hong Kong woman, Hau Yan-ki, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the High Court for her role in a gang's extortion plot. As a teenager, she lured three victims to a deserted location where gang members attacked them and took nude photos for extortion.
Brian WongSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-14 · 09:02 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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A 23-year-old Hong Kong woman, Hau Yan-ki, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the High Court for her role in a gang's extortion plot. As a teenager, she lured three victims to a deserted location where gang members attacked them and took nude photos for extortion. A jury rejected her defense that she believed she was only helping her friends collect debts. Hau Yan-ki was one of six individuals arrested in November 2020 in connection with the gang's extortion schemes.
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Hau Yan-ki was among six people arrested in November 2020 for extortion schemes.
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A jury rejected Hau Yan-ki's assertion that she mistakenly believed she was helping friends collect debts.
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The High Court sentenced 23-year-old Hau Yan-ki on Tuesday.
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The woman lured victims to a deserted location where gang members attacked them and took nude photos for extortion.
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A Hong Kong woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for assisting in robbing three people.
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