Man gets 9 years’ jail for attempted rape after following victim from wet market

🇭🇰 public Hong Kong · May 27, 2026 · 230 words · By Brian Wong

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Man gets 9 years’ jail for attempted rape after following victim from wet market Former dock worker Leung Kam-wah followed mother with baby in pram and held cutter to her back as she opened flat door A 67-year-old jobless divorcee with a history of criminal…

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What happened

Why it matters

The High Court on Wednesday sentenced former dockworker Leung Kam-wah over the “very serious” offences committed against the 26-year-old mother after he tailed her from a wet market to her flat in Kwai Chung’s Lai King Estate on July 5, 2024.

Common ground

Leung has 11 previous convictions, including two for unlawful sex with a minor and two for assault.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Man gets 9 years’ jail for attempted rape after following victim from wet market?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Leung has 11 previous convictions, including two for unlawful sex with a minor and two for assault?
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3355012/man-jailed-9-y…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Leung has 11 previous convictions, including two for unlawful sex with a minor and two for assault.”

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While the general event is corroborated, the specific detail regarding the 11 previous convictions (including two for unlawful sex with a minor and two for assault) is not explicitly detailed in the provided search snippets, though the case itself is real.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Felix Wong Yat-wah (born September 4, 1961) is a Hong Kong actor best known for his performances in many wuxia television series produced by TVB, such as The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983), in whi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ip Man (born Ip Kai-man; 1 October 1893 – 2 December 1972), also known as Yip Man, was a Chinese martial arts grandmaster. He became a teacher of the martial art of Wing Chun when he was 20. He had se…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wong Shun-leung (Chinese: 黃淳樑; pinyin: Huang Chunliáng; Jyutping: Wong4 Seon4-loeng4; 8 May 1935 – 28 January 1997)[a] was a Hong Kong martial artist who studied Wing Chun kung fu under Yip Man (葉問) a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Shun-leung

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Claim 2: “He loitered around the estate’s wet market that afternoon and became sexually aroused when he saw the woman, who was with her nine-month-old baby in a pram.”

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Multiple sources confirm Leung Kam-wah followed a mother with a baby in a pram from a wet market.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 · Former dock worker Leung Kam-wah followed mother with baby in pram and held cutter to her back as she opened flat door.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/33…

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web search NEUTRAL — The lady boss told me not to take the large clothes home for sewing, but to bring the child (nine years old) and work in the factory. I asked if it would be ...
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https://www.facebook.com/DiscoverHongKong/posts/-french-may-…

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Claim 3: “The High Court on Wednesday sentenced former dockworker Leung Kam-wah over the “very serious” offences committed against the 26-year-old mother after he tailed her from a wet market to her flat in Kwai Chung’s Lai King Estate on July 5, 2024.”

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Multiple sources confirm the High Court sentenced Leung Kam-wah for offences against a 26-year-old mother that occurred on July 5, 2024, at Lai King Estate in Kwai Chung.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ng Sik-ho (traditional Chinese: 吳錫豪; simplified Chinese: 吴锡豪; pinyin: Wú Xī-háo; Jyutping: Ng4 Sik3-hou4, 1930 – September 8, 1991), also known as "Crippled Ho" or "Limpy Ho" (Chinese: 跛豪; pinyin: Bǒ …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng_Sik-ho

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tiger Cubs II (Chinese: 飛虎II; Cantonese Yale: Fēi Fú; literally "flying tigers 2"), alternatively titled Special Duties Unit II, is a 2014 Hong Kong police procedural television drama produced by TVB …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wah Yan College, Hong Kong (WYHK) is a Catholic all-boys grant-in-aid secondary education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. It was founded by Peter Tsui Yan Sau on 16 Dec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah_Yan_College,_Hong_Kong

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Claim 4: “A 67-year-old jobless divorcee with a history of criminal offences has been jailed for nine years for sexually assaulting a woman during a brazen daytime break-in at a public rental flat in Hong Kong two years ago.”

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Two independent web sources (a news article and a Facebook news post) confirm that Leung Kam-wah was sentenced to 9 years in prison for attempted rape/sexual assault involving a woman in Hong Kong.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong was a Crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1981, and a dependent territory from 1981 to 1997. However, from 1941 to 1945, it was under a period of Japanese occupation during the S…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the People's Republic of China occurred at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rul…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million re…
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Claim 5: “He was last discharged from a drug treatment centre on Hei Ling Chau in September 2023.”

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The existence of the Hei Ling Chau Addiction Treatment Centre is verified by Wikipedia, but the specific detail that Leung Kam-wah was discharged from there in September 2023 is not explicitly confirmed in the provided snippets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Come Home Love: Lo and Behold (Chinese: 愛·回家之開心速遞; literally "Love Returning Home, Happy Delivery"), alternately known as Come Home Love: Happy Courier, is a 2017 daily half-hour Hong Kong sitcom crea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sixth Election Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was elected in the 2021 Election Committee subsector elections. It serves from 22 October 2021 to 21 October 2026 and is res…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS; simplified Chinese: 银紫荆星章; traditional Chinese: 銀紫荊星章; pinyin: Yín Zǐjīng Xīng Zhāng) is the second rank of the Order of the Bauhinia Star under the honours system of Ho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Bauhinia_Star

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Claim 6: “the defendant, who lived alone in Wo King House on the estate, had gone out that day intending to find a victim to rape, carrying a 23cm (nine-inch) cutter.”

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The general case is corroborated, but the specific details about residing in Wo King House and carrying a 23cm cutter are not explicitly mentioned in the provided evidence snippets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The list of primary schools in Hong Kong is arranged by 18 districts of Hong Kong. It includes government schools, aided schools, Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) schools, private schools, as well as Engli…
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Claim 7: “Leung followed her into nearby Fung King House and held a cutter to her back as she opened the door to her flat.”

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Multiple sources confirm that Leung followed the victim and held a cutter to her back as she opened her flat door.

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web search NEUTRAL — The jacket photo of a Honolulu Chinese family, circa 1912, is reproduced courtesy of Helen Kam. Fong and the Hawaii Multi-Cultural Center. Page 5. Contents.
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web search NEUTRAL — Abandoned property, as used in this context, has no reference to real estate. Reported owner names are separated by county: Honolulu; Kauai; Maui; Hawaii.
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