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Hong Kong district councillor remanded in custody after underage sex conviction
NEWS DESKHong Kong
PUBLISHEDSep 14, 2026, 2:15 PM
What the source reports
A Hong Kong court has remanded a district councillor in custody pending sentence after convicting him of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl 15 years ago, rejecting his claim that the allegation was politically motivated.
Yuen Long District Council member Sei Chun-hing, 39, is set to become the first elected officer to face imprisonment for a criminal offence since a Beijing-led electoral overhaul in 2021, which…
Main source: SCMP
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