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Hong Kong court orders community service for elderly couple caught in public indecency

A saleswoman and a sailor in their 60s have been sentenced to 80 hours of community service each in Hong Kong. The pair pleaded guilty to outraging public decency after being caught on video engaging in sexual acts at Cheung Chau Public Pier in October 2025. Police arrested them after the videos were shared on WhatsApp, and the court accepted a probation officer's recommendation for the community service sentence. AI

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Hong Kong court orders community service for elderly couple caught in public indecency

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Brian Wong ·

    Community service for pair in their 60s who had sex at Hong Kong pier

    A woman and a man have been sentenced to community service by a Hong Kong court for committing sexual acts in the open at an outlying island pier last year. Saleswoman Ma Lai-hing, 62, and sailor Ng Tau-ming, 63, pleaded guilty last month to outraging public decency at Cheung Cha…