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Hong Kong candidate 'arrested in sex sting'
By Richard Spencer
August 18, 2004
Beijing - The Chinese government set up a fake sex sting operation to arrest a
candidate in key elections in Hong Kong, pro-democracy politicians in the
territory claimed yesterday.
Alex Ho Wai-to, who was due to stand as a Democratic Party candidate in next
month's legislative council elections, has told his family he was arrested in
the mainland Chinese city of Dongguan while on a business trip.
He said he was asleep in his hotel when police burst in. While they beat him up
in the bathroom they produced a prostitute, took photographs and video film and
put condoms and women's underwear on the bed.
He was sentenced later to six months in prison under administrative procedures
which allow police to send people for "re-education" for short periods without
trial.
The elections are a test of support for Beijing. But pro-democracy politicians
say they have suffered dirty tricks. Some have had their offices vandalised and
have received threatening calls.
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