2½ years’ jail for Hong Kong district councillor who had sex with 13-year-old girl in 2011

A Hong Kong district councillor has been sentenced to two years and six months in jail for having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl 15 years ago, with a judge noting he had shown no remorse towards a victim he claimed to have loved.

District Court Judge Stanley Chan Kwong-chi on Tuesday noted that Sei Chun-hing, a 39-year-old Yuen Long District Council member, was aware of the “red line” of sex with a minor when they started dating in October 2010. At the time, she was 13 and Sei 23.

Chan noted that, despite submitting mitigation letters from politicians, friends and family members, Sei himself did not write one.