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RTHK editor sentenced to community service for upskirt video

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A Hong Kong court has sentenced Chong Tak-yin, an assistant chief assignment editor at the public broadcaster RTHK, to 160 hours of community service. He pleaded guilty to unlawfully recording intimate parts after admitting to filming an upskirt video of a woman in Mong Kok last year. Chong, who is married and the sole breadwinner for his family, cited a "momentary lapse of judgment" driven by sexual impulse. AI

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RTHK editor sentenced to community service for upskirt video

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Fiona Chow ·

    RTHK editor gets 160 hours of community service for upskirt video

    A Hong Kong court has ordered a civil servant at public broadcaster RTHK to perform 160 hours of community service after he admitted filming upskirt footage of a woman in public. Chong Tak-yin, assistant chief assignment editor at RTHK’s Chinese news and current affairs division,…

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