Girl, 14, blackmailed in Hong Kong via chat app by user who took video of her

Hong Kong police are investigating the case of a 14-year-old girl who was blackmailed by a stranger on a mobile chat app, who claimed to have taken an indecent video of her.

The force said on Tuesday it received a report from the girl at 10.49pm the day before at Tsz Hong Estate in Tsz Wan Shan.

According to a police spokesman, the girl met the stranger on a voice chat app called Wefun and her indecent video was filmed via WhatsApp. There was no monetary loss reported.

After a preliminary investigation, the force classified the alleged crime as making an unwarranted demand with menaces.

No arrests have been made yet, as the case is being investigated by the Wong Tai Sin district investigation team.

Wefun is a platform for “pure, sincere and warm voice chats” for young people, according to information on Apple’s App Store. Interactive games are also available on the app.

A check by the Post found that the app provides a number of chatrooms with various themes such as making friends, chatting with a girlfriend, and singing karaoke. Many of the chatrooms use profile pictures with simplified Chinese characters.