A police inspector has been found guilty of misconduct after abusing his position by refusing to pay a prostitute.
Chu Chi-ho, 44, of the force’s Yau Tsim District, refused to pay the 25-year-old mainland Chinese woman after procuring sexual services from her on May 28 last year.
The married man refused to cough up the HKD200 he owed, identifying himself as a police officer and threatening to arrest the woman for breach of her two-way travel permit.
He told her to leave Hong Kong within three hours or he would lock her up for seven days, Headline Daily (as sourced from EJI) reports.
It is thought that the officer first met the prostitute during an earlier police operation, and knew a raid on sex workers was scheduled for the next day.
The judge at the District Court said Chu should have arrested the woman (rather than blackmailing her into sex), adding that he may have perverted the course of justice by telling her to leave the city.
He was perverting something, for sure.
Chu’s defence lawyer asked for leniency in sentencing, pointing out that the suspended officer will lose his job, police residence and pension. Sentencing is set for Thursday.
