A 26-year-old male detective of the anti-gangster group was arrested by the police the day before yesterday (21st) on suspicion of stealing a female netizen's credit card and taking nude photos of the female netizen to extort 20,000 yuan. He has been temporarily charged with one count of "theft", One count of "extortion" and two counts of "obtaining property by deception" will appear in the Eastern Magistrates' Courts tomorrow (24th) morning.
The defendant, 26-year-old surnamed Chen, was reported to be affiliated with the Shatin Police District and was an anti-gang detective. He has since been suspended.
In the case, the 25-year-old female victim met the male victim on a dating website earlier, but someone stole a credit card from the woman and took a nude photo of the female victim. Afterwards, she sent the nude photo to the female victim and asked for 20,000 yuan to redeem it.
The female victim called the police for help, and the case was transferred to the Hong Kong Island Regional Crime Squad for investigation, and the defendant was arrested the day before yesterday.
The police said that they attach great importance to personnel conduct and will never tolerate any illegal acts.
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