First published: 31st January 2008
A 14-year old boy was arrested at his home in Old Main Street, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, for illegal access to school computers at 7am on 23rd January. He accessed a password-protected teacher-student exchange forum, but the investigation showed no sensitive or secret information had been stolen and he claimed to have done it for "fun", according to Chief Inspector Kenny Wong Tak-cheung. He also claimed that a classmate taught him the procedure. Police are expected to arrest the classmate. The maximum penalty for this crime in Hong Kong is five years jail.