District councillor remanded after underage sex conviction
HK01 · 4 SOURCESabout 3 hours ago4 MIN
Summary
Yuen Long district councillor Sze Chun-hing (施駿興) was convicted in the District Court on Monday of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 and was remanded in custody after the ruling. He was acquitted on a separate indecent assault charge involving the same complainant, and the case was adjourned to 27 October for mitigation and sentencing, pending a trauma report on the complainant.
Key Points
- Judge Chan Kwong-chi (陳廣池) ruled that Sze was not guilty of indecent assault but guilty of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16.
- The charges alleged an indecent assault in November 2008 at Ko Shan Road Park in To Kwa Wan, and unlawful intercourse on 14 March 2011 at a Tin Shui Wai flat.
- The complainant, born in 1997, said she met Sze when he was an assistant to a primary school drama tutor and later reconnected with him in 2010.
- She testified that after they became a couple, Sze asked for a White Day “return gift” and said they should celebrate with “something white” before they had sex.
- The judge accepted the complainant’s evidence on the intercourse charge, while on the assault charge he said the prosecution had not proved the time and place as charged.
Why It Matters
The immediate remand means the case has moved into the sentencing stage, with the court seeking a trauma report before deciding punishment on 27 October. The complainant said she reported the case years later after seeing Sze take public office and fearing he might come into contact with young children, adding to public attention around the case.