Hong Kong sex tape

It goes without saying that the reputation of mainland Chinese visitors to Hong Kong couldn't get much worse. The usual accusations of smuggling, pushing, queue-cutting and public urination and defecation were joined by yet another new misdemeanor this week, however: openly having sex on the curb of a local thoroughfare.

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In the wee hours of April 1 (note: not an April Fools' gag), police intervened to pry apart two university students after security at Hong Kong Polytechnic University spotted the pair ripping each other's clothes off and alerted the authorities.

The young man, surnamed Yang, from an unnamed city in northern China, was celebrating his twentieth birthday on Tuesday night when he returned to the PolyU dorms in Ho Man Tin with Ms. Hu, also 20 years old. The couple had been drinking at a Kowloon Tong bar that night along with other mainland friends.

When Yang returned Hu to her hall at around 4:00am, she reportedly realized that she had lost her student card and the two, evidently prepared judging by the condoms discarded on the roadside, decided to simply complete their plans at the bus stop located at 15 Fat Kwong Street.

Scene of the crime

Scene of the crime, close up

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The incident, accompanied with photos and video of the action, has become the talk of the town in Hong Kong since yesterday morning, with many locals wondering whether or not the fact that they hailed form the mainland factored into police officers' decision not to charge them with public indecency.

Recorded video evidence shows the two naked from the waist down and, in the case of Ms. Hu, bare-breasted, constituting a clear violation of Acts Outraging Public Decency under Hong Kong law. Many Hongkongers perceive the city's police force as being unreasonably lenient on antisocial behavior from mainlanders while coming down far harder on locals.