YouTuber Denies Sex With 14-Year-Old in Hotel Trial
HK01 · 2 SOURCESabout 1 hour ago5 MIN
Summary
A defendant identified as YouTuber Wong Pak-hong (黃栢康) told the court he met the complainant, identified as X, through the Heymandi app in February 2022 and believed she was about 17 because she said so and sounded mature on calls. He said they later met at a hotel in Tsuen Wan after X suggested that other people usually booked hotel rooms when meeting her, but he decided against sex after she said she was menstruating. Wong said they spent the time talking, playing truth-or-dare and a bottle-spinning game, during which they pinched each other and X told him it did not hurt and to do it harder. Prosecutors challenged that account, and Wong accepted in cross-examination that he had gone to the hotel with the idea that sex could happen, although he said his main purpose was to get to know X
Key Points
- Wong said he graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic University in mechanical engineering in 2022, was unemployed at the time, and was taking a construction safety supervisor course
- He testified that he met X on Heymandi in February 2022, believed she was around 17, and never doubted her age because of her self-description and voice
- Wong said the pair met at a Tsuen Wan hotel, but after X said she was still on her period, he chose not to pursue sex and suggested they just talk
- He told the court they played truth-or-dare and later a bottle-spinning game, during which X said she had had sex with about five people and both pinched each other
- Under cross-examination, Wong admitted punching X twice to stop her pinching his waist, while denying the prosecution’s case that he simply struck her arm and caused bruising
Why It Matters
The testimony goes to two central issues in the case: whether sexual acts took place and how the court should assess Wong’s claim that he believed the girl was older than 14. For Hong Kong readers, the case also draws attention to how online contact, hotel meetings and later police interviews can become key points of dispute in prosecutions involving minors.