Hong Kong police deal with camera phone indecency cases...one a month

Hong Kong police since last year are dealing with one case per month of men taking indecent photos using camera phones, according to an article today in The Star Online.

The article reports the Hong Kong Department of Justice has issued guidelines for the police that permit them to charge serial offenders with a more serious charge of "outraging public decency."

The Star Online says a Hong Kong computer technician in a subway train station was caught taking camera phone photos up a woman's skirt. A passerby alerted the woman who was photographed.

The technician was caught by station personnel while "hiding" in an automatic teller machine deleting the photos. (Unless he was very, very short, I assume he was hiding in an ATM booth.)

Criminal charges

The technician was charged with, it seems, disorderly conduct.

Incidents occurring once a month? It doesn't seem like a big problem to me. Yes, I know these type of incidents will increase as the numbers of cellular phones increase, and it has been a problem in Japan.

But put in perspective, Hong Kong police have many more serious crimes to deal with.