DianaLee
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
A truck driver claiming to be a Taoist master was yesterday found guilty of duping a young model into having sex with him on the pretext it would improve her luck.
District Court judge Stanley Chan Kwong-chi postponed sentencing to January 21 pending a psychological report and remanded Au Yeung Kwok-fu, 55, in custody.
The self-proclaimed Mao Shan practitioner was convicted on nine counts of having unlawful sexual intercourse under false pretenses between April and December 2007. Au Yeung was bound over for HK$200 for an indecent assault conviction in 1974.
The judge described the complainant, then a 19-year-old model with Form Three education, as stupid, ignorant and simple- minded in having sex with a man 20 years her senior on the blind faith it would bring her fame and wealth.
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But he also found her to be an honest witness. On the other hand, Kwong said, Au Yeung lied in court and fabricated excuses. He rejected the defense contention that during the sex rituals Au Yeung had no control over his body as he was possessed by his master's spirit.
The judge said any religion that aims to help people will not use sex as a method to pray for blessings. "If one claims so, it is heresy or a cult, using crooked theories to satisfy one's lust," he said, adding it is not wrong to be superstitious.
"The victim was lured into having sex nine times, getting pregnant in the process, which resulted in the loss of a human life," the judge said. He said the model had to perform oral sex and have sexual intercourse during the so-called "rituals."
She started to have doubts on the fifth occasion and had refused to go through with the ninth ritual, but was convinced to go through with Au Yeung insisted she had to do it nine times to make it effective.
Au Yeung also claimed she would not get pregnant as a result of these rituals but a DNA sample of the aborted fetus showed he was the father. Au Yeung had claimed the model was his "god daughter" and that their relationship only turned sour when he refused to perform more rituals after she had made mistakes on two previous occasions.
The case was reported to the police after the model became pregnant and had an abortion on January 2008.
Chan was originally due to pronounce his verdict on December 30. However, just before the court was called to order, Au Yeung complained of chest pains and was sent to hospital for treatment.
"It [December 30] was the second anniversary of the last occasion the victim was made to perform a sex ritual," the judge noted. "It is unclear whether it was due to superstition or whether someone was trying to fish in troubled waters. Some may also say the defendant is facing a calamity of his own making as nobody escapes the judgment of heaven though the net has large meshes."