Hong Kong Court Acquits Government Statistician in Loitering Case

Hong Kong court acquits gov’t statistician who followed, photographed girl during school open day

A Hong Kong magistrate has acquitted a government statistician of a loitering offence, despite describing his behaviour of following and photographing a schoolgirl during an open day last year as “highly suspicious.” Patrick Lam, a statistician with the Census and Statistics Department, was cleared of a charge of “loitering causing concern” at the Eastern Magistrates’ […]

By Hans Tse