Hong Kong teacher accused of luring underage girls into taking indecent selfies in exchange for online game weapons


Mother of eight-year-old girl alerted police after finding the indecent photos on her daughter’s phone, police say. The primary school teacher is suspected of convincing seven young girls to supply such pictures over a two-year period. — SCMP

Hong Kong police have charged a primary schoolteacher over child pornography after finding pictures and videos on his mobile phone from at least seven young girls he lured into taking indecent photos in exchange for online game weapons.

The 37-year-old man from a Sham Shui Po school was arrested in Ngau Tau Kok on Friday morning after police received a report early last month from a mother of one of the alleged victims, an eight-year-old girl. The mother told authorities her daughter had sent indecent photos to a man she met through an online game in August in exchange for virtual weapons.

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