A High Court jury has convicted Chung Pui-kei, a 38-year-old former assistant residential supervisor, of five counts of rape involving a female resident at a Hong Chi Society residential facility in Tai Po. The verdict was delivered on 2 September 2026.
The complainant was described in court reports as having an intellectual or developmental disability, with cognitive ability equivalent to that of a child aged about nine or under 10. Reports differed on whether she was about 22 or 23 at the time.
The alleged offences took place between 13 July and about 9 August 2024. The facility reported the matter to police on 14 August 2024.
The prosecution relied partly on CCTV footage showing Chung entering rooms with the complainant. Semen identified as his was found on her bedsheet, while police also found lubricant and condoms in a storage locker in his office.
According to the prosecution evidence reported by Ming Pao and i-CABLE News, the complainant told police in two recorded interviews that Chung took her into a room, locked the door, removed their clothes and penetrated her. This was her reported account to police and the prosecution case, rather than an independently confirmed account.
Chung denied having sexual contact with the complainant. He said he entered rooms to give her food and talk to her, and explained the semen on the bedsheet by saying he had been wearing shorts and sweating heavily in hot weather.
The jury found Chung guilty on all five counts. Reports differed on the voting breakdown for individual charges, but all five convictions were upheld.
Sentencing was adjourned to 14 October 2026. The court ordered reports on the complainant’s trauma and Chung’s psychological and psychiatric condition, and he was remanded pending sentence.