A Criminal Investigation Department (CID) police officer, 26, was arrested for sexual assault Wednesday after he confessed to molesting a woman in the Wan Chai Police Headquarters’ female toilets.

In the early hours of Tuesday, the woman, 33, had just been released on bail for theft when the officer, surnamed Kwong, reportedly saw her leaving the station and told her she needed to be frisked first.

After the officer showed her his badge, she followed him to the station’s women’s bathrooms in the basement where he proceeded to “frisk” her, touching her chest twice.

Apple Daily reports that she felt scared, but did not dare argue with the officer.

Later, feeling increasingly suspicious, she called the police station to inquire about the incident.

The police saw on their CCTV that the officer did indeed stop her outside the station, and a security guard claimed he saw him enter the women’s bathroom with the woman.

Kwong, who has been in the police force for over five years and just recently switched to the CID, was arrested at his home on Wednesday and will appear in court today.

In 2008, a police officer was charged with the rape of 19-year-old woman in the Mong Kok police station.

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