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Jiang Chuqin

A 21-year-old man has been arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly pouring unknown liquids on five female students and indecently assaulting them after offering to help clean their school uniforms.
Police said on Friday they received reports from five teen girls, aged 15 to 17, that they had been followed by the same man while passing through Grandeur Terrace, a public housing estate in Tin Shui Wai.
The suspect was accused of staining the students’ school uniforms with an unknown liquid before offering to help clean their outfits, during which he allegedly indecently assaulted them.
The man was suspected of carrying out the first assault on May 29, while the most recent one was reported on Wednesday. Police arrested him on the same day as the latest alleged assault.

Officers also recovered the clothing the suspect was believed to have been wearing at the time.
“We urge the public to come forward and contact us if they have been assaulted in a similar manner or if they have witnessed a similar incident,” said Lam Ka-kit, a senior inspector from Yuen Long Police Station.
Sources said the five students were from the same school and some of them only made police reports after learning their peers had suffered the same ordeal.
The suspect is currently being detained and police have not ruled out the possibility of other victims being identified.
If convicted of sexual offences, the suspect could face 10 years in jail, police said. Loitering in a public space and causing concern for the safety and well-being of others can result in a two-year sentence.
In February, a 56-year-old man was arrested after he splashed a 17-year-old girl with water in Causeway Bay.
He pleaded guilty to the assault as well as one that occurred outside Mong Kok MTR station and another in Yau Ma Tei.
The court sentenced him to four months in jail after he said that stress and psychological issues contributed to his criminal behaviour.


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Suspect accused of indecently assaulting victims after staining their uniforms and then offering to clean their outfits


Suspect accused of indecently assaulting victims after staining their uniforms and then offering to clean their outfits.


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