Two men were sentenced this morning to 28 months in prison for extortion and other crimes after forcing a woman to take a bath in order to pay off her gambling debt.
According to Apple Daily, defendants Lai Man-hon, 30, and Chan Tsz-ming, 28, forced the victim a 25 year-old woman to strip down and take a bath while they filmed her, saying that complying would reduce the amount she owed.
Both Lai and Chan had pleaded guilty to the crimes in District Court earlier.
Local news website hk01 reported that the victim borrowed a casino loan of about HK$37,000 (US$4,740) when she went to the gambling hub of Macau last year. She continued to gamble, and had 20 days to repay HK$60,000 (US$7,683).
The website reported that…
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