A 44-year-old assistant hawker control officer with the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department was fined HK$5,000 and given a 12-month probation order after admitting two offences involving the unlawful filming or observation of intimate areas. The sentence was imposed by West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court on September 2, 2026.
The case arose from an incident at Mong Kok MTR station on May 4, 2026, involving two women. The reported location was a staircase between the station concourse and the E2 exit.
The defendant had earlier admitted two charges of unlawfully filming or observing intimate parts. The available reports do not establish the precise circumstances in which police became aware of the alleged conduct.
Ming Pao reported that police found a video lasting about one minute and 15 seconds on the defendant’s mobile phone. The footage showed one of the women’s thigh and underwear, according to the newspaper.
The defence said the probation report was positive and recommended a probation order. Reports also quoted the defendant as saying during a cautioned interview that he had acted amid work pressure and problems in his marriage, and after noticing that the women were attractive. Those were reported explanations by the defendant, not independently established causes of the offences.
The sources do not state the specific conditions of the probation order, how supervision will be carried out, or whether the department will take separate disciplinary action. They also do not say whether the two women were informed of the outcome.