A 23 year-old man has been jailed for one year by a Hong Kong
district court for sending obscene and threatening e-mails to two
female students in what is said by South China Morning Post to be
Hong Kong’s first cyber-stalking case.
Ko Kam-fai set up a free internet e-mail account with USA.net
and used it to repeatedly e-mail the 22 and 24 year-old students
over a nine month period. In his messages, he included obscene
images and threats of rape. He downloaded a hacking program from
the internet and used it to monitor the on-line activities of one
of the two women.
According to today’s South China Morning Post, Ko Kam-fai
pleaded guilty to eight counts of criminal damage and two counts of
criminal intimidation. He told the court in mitigation that he
intended the acts as a joke and deserved only community service.
The judge rejected his plea, adding that a custodial sentence was
necessary to deter others.
