The police arrested 2 men for illegal imprisonment and 1 man for possession of child pornography. The incident involved a video that was widely circulated on YouTube and LianDang forums.
It is understood that the YouTuber, nicknamed "Rock Brother," said in the video that a 13-year-old male viewer asked for help, stating that a suspicious man had asked him for photos and sexual harassment.
Rock later played the male victim, met each other in Kowloon City, and surrounded a 23-year-old young man with his companions.
They asked why the youth appeared. The other party admitted that they were "gay" and the target was a 13-year-old boy. The two even ordered the youth to kneel down on the pavement.
The young man bowed his head to apologize afterwards, and admitted that he had been in contact with 5 men, and even paid 100 yuan to a boy.
It is reported that the police arrested a YouTuber and his male assistant on suspicion of illegal imprisonment, while the young man in the film was suspected of possession of child pornography.
The police will explain the case later.
It is understood that YouTuber "Rock Brother" earlier received a 13-year-old boy's request for help, accusing the suspicious man of obtaining indecent photos and inducing indecent behavior.
Rock then pretended to be a boy and met him at 6 o'clock in the evening on July 11 outside a restaurant on Tung Po Ting Road, Kowloon City.
On the day of the incident, Rock and his male assistant and three other people filmed a video and surrounded the youth on the pavement on the site, accusing him of obtaining indecent photos from underage boys through social platforms and enticing them to make some indecent obscenities. behavior.
In the 12-minute video, it can be seen that Rock questioned the young man about "being bleached today." The other party initially claimed to be "waiting for friends, elementary school classmates", and then admitted to dating a 13-year-old boy to meet and commit indecent acts.
Brother Rock and others later asked the youth to kneel down. The youth followed his instructions and apologized, hoping not to call the police.
Rock repeatedly asked how many men the youth had contacted online and how many people had been out with each other, and the youth all answered.
Later, Rock snatched the young man's cell phone, reviewed the cell phone without permission, read out the relevant content in public, and exposed the young man suspected of committing molestation to a boy, and paid a fee of 100 yuan.
It is reported that the young man was denied his request to leave. Rock and others were taken to Carpenter Road Park, where he was forced to write down a letter of regret and take a photo.
The above-mentioned videos are widely circulated in YouTube and LianDang discussion forums, and YouTube has been viewed 400,000 times.
The first squad of the Kowloon City Police District Crime Squad learned about it and launched an investigation. After searching a large number of online records, the identity of the relevant person in the footage was successfully identified. Between August 26 and 28, they were located in Western District, Fanling, and Three men were arrested in Wong Tai Sin District, aged between 23 and 25.
One of the men was suspected of "hiding child pornography," while the other two men were suspected of "illegal confinement."
The case is still under investigation, and it is not ruled out that more people have been arrested.
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