Hong Kong man, 81, begins jail term for attempted rape of maid

Hong Kong man, 81, begins jail term for attempted rape of maidHong Kong - An 81-year-old Hong Kong man has begun a two-year jail term for the attempted rape of his family's maid, a news report said Wednesday.

Wong Pak-sum, who was jailed after a High Court hearing on Tuesday, is believed to be the oldest man to be convicted of the offence in the former British colony.

He assaulted the 36-year-old maid after being left alone with her in the family's flat in Hong Kong's Tai Po district in October. Wong's son and daughter-in-law live in the same flat.

Sentencing him, Judge Kim Longley said he had given a relatively lenient jail term to Wong because of his advanced age, Wednesday's South China Morning Post reported.

More than 200,000 women, mostly Filipinos and Indonesians, work as live-in maids with Hong Kong families for a government-set minimum wage of 460 US dollars a month. (dpa)