Reported extortion cases related to online nude chat rooms rose 61.5 percent in the first nine months year-on-year, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday.
Wong revealed the figure during a press conference about the city’s crime figures in the first three quarters at the Secretariat for Security (GSS) in the S. Francisco Barracks.
According to the press conference, the number of reported online nude chat extortions rose from 26 cases in the first nine months of last year to 42 cases in the same period this year, up 61.5 percent.
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak (second from left) addresses a press conference yesterday at the Security Secretariat (GSS), accompanied by Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Chau Wai Kuong (left), Public Security Police (PSP) Commissioner Leong Man Cheong (right) and Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun. Photo: Annie Cheung
