A male mainlander pretended to be sleeping and touched a female passenger’s thigh on a bus on Tuesday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheuk Kou Chi told reporters at a regular press conference on Friday.
According to Cheuk, the victim, aged 30, told the police that she felt someone touching her thigh, so she turned to look at the man, yet he had his eyes closed as if he was sleeping. Cheuk said that the victim ignored it once, but the man did it again, so she immediately stopped him and argued with him. Cheuk said that, according to the victim, the man agreed to turn himself in to the police, but he disappeared after getting off the bus.
Cheuk said after the victim reported the case to the police, they were able to quickly locate the suspect via CCTV the next day and went to his workplace in Ilha Verde to arrest him. Cheuk noted that the 50-year-old suspect claimed to be a security guard, and denied that he had sexually harassed the victim, adding that he also said that he was in a hurry, so he didn’t keep his promise after he had got off the bus. Cheuk said that the case has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) for follow-up.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) on Friday shows the male suspect being escorted by two police officers to a car.
