A Hong Kong police officer was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday for unlawfully terminating 10 criminal investigations by forging statements of complainants agreeing to withdraw their cases.
According to a probation officer’s report, 34-year-old Detective Constable Wong Yiu-chung had failed to manage stress at work, driving him to forge statements and dishonestly obtain his supervisors’ approval between November 2022 and July 2023 to close cases.
The court heard that Wong was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in September 2025.
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Wong’s lawyer said in mitigation that his client had made a “stupid mistake”, having hoped to avoid responsibility at work.
The defendant was attached to Sham Shui Po police district’s criminal investigation department. He served on the force for 11 years before his suspension in August 2023.
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The former constable first fabricated a statement in November 2022 because the complainant, a fraud victim, no longer wished to pursue the case.
But the defendant did not follow the standard procedure for closing cases, failing to verify the witness’s intention in person or send her a confirmation letter afterwards.