HK boy, 13, arrested on suspicion of tricking girls as young as nine into sending nude photos and video


The suspect traded online game weapons for the porn and threatened to make it public unless the girls sent more, police say. Two computers and three mobile phones seized during raid on his home in Kwun Tong. — SCMP

A 13-year-old schoolboy has been arrested on suspicion of tricking three Hong Kong girls aged between nine and 12 into sending nude photographs or videos in return for online game weapons.

The Form One student allegedly threatened to make public the pornography unless the girls sent him more, Chief Inspector Tai Tze-bun of the police cybersecurity and technology crime bureau said on Thursday.

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