A 65-year-old repeat sex offender in Hong Kong has been jailed after he was seen groping a secondary school student on a bus two months ago in a widely circulated online video.West Kowloon Court on Tuesday sentenced former household hardware salesman William Wu Yiu-shing to four months in prison for the offence, which garnered widespread attention after a pedestrian outside the bus filmed the attack and uploaded the video to social media.Wu, who had three prior convictions for indecent assault, pleaded guilty to the same offence last month.
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TUE · 2026-08-04 · 04:26 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0804-98879
NSR-2026-0804-98879News Report·EN·Legal & Judicial
4 months’ jail for repeat sex offender, 65, who groped Form 3 student on bus
A 65-year-old man, William Wu Yiu-shing, has been sentenced to four months in prison in Hong Kong for groping a secondary school student on a bus. The incident occurred two months prior and was captured on video by a pedestrian, subsequently circulating widely online.
Brian WongSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-08-04 · 04:26 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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A 65-year-old man, William Wu Yiu-shing, has been sentenced to four months in prison in Hong Kong for groping a secondary school student on a bus. The incident occurred two months prior and was captured on video by a pedestrian, subsequently circulating widely online. Wu, a former household hardware salesman with three previous convictions for indecent assault, pleaded guilty to the offense last month. West Kowloon Court delivered the sentence on Tuesday. The widely shared video brought significant attention to the case.
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Wu has three prior convictions for indecent assault.
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A 65-year-old repeat sex offender was jailed for four months for groping a Form 3 student on a bus.
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