Hong Kong man charged with voyeurism over hiding pinhole cameras in gym

A Hong Kong man has been charged with voyeurism after he was arrested for allegedly installing hidden pinhole cameras in a gym changing room.

Fung Kwok-wang, a 34-year-old worksite foreman, left the Shatin Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday morning after being granted bail.

He was arrested on Sunday, after videos of a pinhole camera taped to a removable ceiling panel circulated on social media.

The camera was discovered by a staff member at a 24/7 Fitness branch in Sha Tin, police said.

According to a court document, Fung was charged with one count of voyeurism, alleging that he installed or operated a pinhole camera at the Sha Tin gym between September 24 and 25 to enable himself or any other person to commit a voyeurism offence under the city’s Crimes Ordinance.

The gym chain has suspended Fung’s membership and stepped up checks across all branches.

Storage devices seized

Police said in a Monday press conference that three pinhole cameras were found in the changing rooms at the gym on Lek Yuen Street.

Sha Tin District chief inspector Ng Yuk-pui said that the cameras were seized along with three memory cards found in three separate individual changing rooms at the gym.

The gym has two female toilets, one male toilet, and four unisex individual changing rooms, each with a shower area and changing space, Ng said.

Police identified the suspect after conducting digital forensic analysis of footage stored on the cards. Ng said the police were not able to reveal how many videos were stored on the cards as the case had entered legal proceedings.

Officers also seized hard drives and other devices from Fung’s residence.

Asked whether the police would take action against sellers of the pinhole cameras, Ng said that the suspect bought the cameras on a well-known mainland Chinese e-commerce platform, which would pose limitations on enforcement.

According to local media reports, Fung was believed to have bought the cameras from Taobao.

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James Lee is a reporter at Hong Kong Free Press with an interest in culture and social issues. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in Journalism from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he witnessed the institution’s transformation over the course of the 2019 extradition bill protests and after the passing of the Beijing-imposed security law.

Since joining HKFP in 2023, he has covered local politics, the city’s housing crisis, as well as landmark court cases including the 47 democrats national security trial. He was previously a reporter at The Standard where he interviewed pro-establishment heavyweights and extensively covered the Covid-19 pandemic and Hong Kong’s political overhauls under the national security law.