Accountant gets probation for shower-room voyeurism case
Bastillepost · 3 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago5 MIN
Summary
A 31-year-old accountant, Lau Chun-fai (劉俊輝), was sentenced at Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on Friday, 6 November, after pleading guilty to one count of voyeurism over a filming incident in the men’s changing room at Morse Park No. 3 in Wong Tai Sin on 26 July 2026. Acting Principal Magistrate Cheng Nim-chi accepted a probation officer’s recommendation and imposed a 15-month probation order, while remarking that voyeurism cases normally attract jail terms. The court heard that the victim found a mobile phone recording inside a bag placed under the shower cubicle door and later discovered a 2-minute-36-second video that included footage of the defendant, the changing area and the victim naked. The defendant later admitted the offence in a video-recorded interview and said he had recently lost his job and acted on impulse.
Key Points
- Lau Chun-fai, 31, described in reports as an accountant or accounting worker, admitted one voyeurism charge over the 26 July 2026 incident.
- The offence took place in the men’s changing room at Morse Park No. 3 in Wong Tai Sin, where the victim was showering.
- The victim noticed a bag pushed under the shower door gap, checked it, and found a phone actively recording toward him.
- After unlocking the phone with the defendant’s password, the victim found a 2-minute-36-second clip showing the defendant, the shower area and his own naked body.
- The magistrate said voyeurism cases usually lead to imprisonment, but accepted probation after mitigation cited a negative rapid urine test and participation in a community drug rehabilitation programme.
Why It Matters
The case underlines that privacy expectations in public changing rooms and shower areas remain legally protected, and non-consensual filming there can lead to criminal conviction. It also shows the court may still consider rehabilitation-based sentencing in individual cases even after stressing that imprisonment is the usual starting point for voyeurism offences.