Chinese medicine practitioner convicted over secret patient filming
SingTao · 2 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago2 MIN
Summary
A 31-year-old registered Chinese medicine practitioner was convicted at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on five counts of voyeurism over secretly filming three female patients during treatment sessions in clinics in Kwai Chung, Mei Foo and Chai Wan in 2022 and 2024. The court rejected his explanation that the images were taken to document acupuncture treatment and ordered him remanded in custody until sentencing on September 15, when a psychological report is expected.
Key Points
- Magistrate Cheng Yun-chung convicted Chung Wai-chak on all five voyeurism charges after a trial in Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on August 26.
- The charges involved one incident on December 28, 2022 in Tai Wo Hau Shopping Centre, and four incidents in 2024 at clinics in Mei Foo and Chai Wan.
- The court said the defendant was “a smart person”, understood the sensitivity of filming intimate parts, and could foresee the consequences without consent.
- Cheng ruled the women neither knew about nor consented to the filming, and said mobile-phone recording was quick and unlikely to arouse suspicion.
- Three female patients testified earlier that they were never told their breasts or other intimate areas would be photographed, and learned only later through police investigation
Why It Matters
The case turns on consent and professional boundaries in clinical settings, where patients may be partially undressed and especially vulnerable during treatment. Sentencing was adjourned for a psychological report, but the magistrate already said the defendant was not affected by autism at the time of the offences, narrowing the scope of mitigation now open to the defence.