Crime | Man accused of assaulting, extorting, and illegally recording his girlfriend

A male resident from the mainland in his 30s is suspected of having committed several crimes against his girlfriend, a 31-year-old woman, a resident from Macau.
The case was revealed yesterday by the Judiciary Police (PJ) during the regular joint press conference of the police forces.
According to the victim’s report, she met the man in December 2018 through a mobile dating application and the pair maintained a long-distance relationship for a period until they finally met in February 2020 and formally began a relationship.
About one month later, they had arranged to meet, as they had done often before, in a hotel in the neighboring city of Zhuhai; but they argued during that meeting, and the woman said that the man physically attacked her, slapping her face and injuring one of her arms.
Even so, she agreed to a “peace-making” meeting with him on the following day at the same place.
On that day, the victim said that the man took several photos of her naked and also filmed several videos of her containing sexual content without her consent.
She said that he then began using this content to pressure her to disclose her bank balance, forcing her to log in to the account via online banking to check that she was speaking the truth.
Upon realizing that she had about HKD70,000 in the bank account, the man forced her to give him this cash, threatening her with public humiliation if she did not comply.
They met again on April 7 this year, and he once more inspected her bank account, realizing that she had some HKD160,000 worth of stocks.
The man then threatened the woman again, calling on her to give him HKD100,000 of these savings.
A few days later, on April 16, he again called for a new meeting and attempted to repeat the extortion scheme, but the woman this time resisted the threat and pressed charges against him with the police in Zhuhai and then with the PJ on arriving in Macau.
Three days later, on April 19, the suspect was intercepted at the Border Gate while attempting to enter Macau, it being alleged that he wanted to reconcile with the woman.
He only had HKD24,000 in his possession, it being so far unclear for what he used the HKD170,000 that the local woman claims to have lost.
The suspect was presented to the Public Prosecutions Office on April 20 to be charged with bodily harm, extortion, and illegal recording.