Six teenagers arrested after prank of splashing water and coke at street sleeper

Six teenagers were arrested after a video circulated on social media saw them splashing water and coke at a street sleeper in a pedestrian tunnel.

After the video went viral online, police conducted an in-depth investigation and arrested five teens and one girl aged 15 to 17 from January 31 to February 2 in multiple districts in Hong Kong.

Further investigation revealed that the arrestees were also suspected of pouring water on street sleepers in a pedestrian tunnel on Wong Nai Chung Road located in Happy Valley and at the Wing Ning Street Sitting-out Area located in Wan Chai last Sunday (Jan 28).

They were also arrested on suspicion of "disorder in a public place."

All the arrestees have been released on bail pending further investigation and are required to report to law enforcement officers in early March.

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