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| A High Court jury voted 5-2 to acquit the defendant |
A 39-year-old local restaurant manager was cleared Friday, Oct 24, of raping an Indonesian domestic helper he met through a livestreaming app, after a 10-day trial at the High Court resulted in the jury voting 5-2 in favor of acquittal.
Judge Martin Hui ordered the immediate release of Wu
Kwan-shing after two days of deliberations by the jury made up of five men and
two women resulted in a split decision on one charge of rape.
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The prosecution said that Wu met the woman who was 28 at the time, through the social media platform Bigo Live, in August 2020.
They had their first personal encounter in 2021, and on their
second meeting in the same year, the two agreed to meet regularly. When they
met again on November 14 of that year, Wu invited the woman to go to a hotel
with him in Causeway Bay, and she agreed.
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In her testimony, the woman said she had agreed only
to the invitation to rest at the hotel, but not to have sex. She said she had
allowed Wu to hug her, but when she tried to leave, the man held her down on
the bed. Wu then allegedly took off her trousers and underwear and forced
himself on her despite her protests.
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The woman later disclosed the incident to her
employer who accompanied her to the police to file a complaint.
Under caution, Wu told the police that he knew she
was unwilling to have sex, and said he regretted his actions.
