A Hong Kong district councillor accused of having underage sex was a “dangerous man”, according to the alleged victim, who said she decided to file a police report more than a decade later after she learned he was running for office and felt he could be a threat to other girls.
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But the defence for Yuen Long district councillor Sei Chun-hing, 37, told the court on Tuesday that the woman, now 28 years old and identified only as X, was instead motivated by an opposition to his political views, a claim she denied.
Sei is accused of indecently assaulting X, who was 11 years old at the time, in a To Kwa Wan park in 2008, and having sex with her in his Tin Shui Wai home in 2011 when she was 13.
X told the District Court she decided to file a police report last April after learning in November 2023 that Sei was running as a district council candidate.
“I feel that district councillors should not be those who go against morals,” she said. “District councillors have more opportunities to interact with the community and enter schools, like the girls’ school I am from.
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“I do not want to see more people become victims or be hurt by him.”