Sherming Yiu received sexual harassment phone calls from youth

Sherming Yiu has been receiving numerous sexual harassment phone calls from a 17 years old Lin Chun Sing since Jan 25th this year. Some of the calls had a lot of moaning sound made by him, and sometimes, he asked if he could have sex with her. She tolerated the phone calls till Feb 24th before contacting the police. The police traced the call, and found that 11 calls were made from his mother's phone. Lin was arrested in April. He told the police that he was bored and wanted to have a bit of fun, that is why he did it.

Judge Ma Hon told him "You have an 18 year old sister, if someone does that to her, would you be angry? I don't understand your mentality, why did you call someone who is so much older than you?" Lin was nodding his head to show he understood . The lawyer pleaded on his behalf, stating that Lin knows his mistakes and he is willing to apologizes to Sherming. Even though Sherming had forgiven him through the media, the judge was not happy. He continued "You made those phone calls in the middle of the night and early mornings, your victim can't pretend nothing has happened. Although you are willing to apologize in court, have you thought about how she was feeling when you made those phone calls?"

Lin was sentenced to 100 hours community service. Sherming said she doesn't know whether it's a heavy sentence or not, but she respects the judge's decision. She reckoned if he really knows that he has done wrong and not to make the same mistakes again, she hope people will give him a chance since he is still very young.

Lin works as a delivery boy and in 2007 he was highly commented by the police department for handing in something he picked up on the road. He said Sherming has never done anything to him. He was just being playful and he regretted what he had done. At the moment, he is working and studying and hope he will be able to study abroad like his sister. Lin's parents promised they will look after him and go to church with him too.

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