The police arrested a 39-year-old man for allegedly defaced more than 130 places in Hong Kong with paint from January to February, including private buildings, shops, school exterior walls, etc.
During the police operation, the tools and clothes worn by the arrested man were seized.
The police have received reports in the past few weeks that the exterior walls of buildings and public facilities in different parts of Hong Kong have been defaced. The case was handed over to the West Kowloon Regional Crime Unit for investigation. After extensive intelligence analysis and investigation, today (7th) At 3:00 p.m., a 39-year-old man surnamed Chen was arrested in a unit in Wo Che Village, Sha Tin, on suspicion of criminal damage. He is currently being detained for investigation.
Police officers also seized the tools and clothes worn by the arrested man in the unit and another industrial building unit in Kwai Chung District.
Police today (7th) arrested a 39-year-old man surnamed Chen for criminal damage in a unit in Wo Che Village, Sha Tin at around 3 pm.
(Photo provided by the police)
The police said that the arrested man was suspected of defaced buildings or public facilities with black paint at more than 130 different locations in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories between January and February this year.
The defaced facilities included private buildings, shops, school facades, electrical boxes and flyovers, etc.
Some facility managers reported the incident to the police after discovering that the facility had been defaced.
Police stress that criminal damage is a serious offence.
According to Section 60 of the Crimes Ordinance (Chapter 200 of the Laws of Hong Kong), the maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years' imprisonment. The police appeal to the public not to defy the law.
