Gay blackmailer is jailed for three years in Hong Kong

Hong Kong - A gay blackmailer who threatened to tell a Hong Kong primary school teacher's employers about their one-night stand was Thursday beginning a three-year jail term. Alex Lo Man-nam, 21, extorted nearly 4,000 US dollars from his 34-year-old victim with threats to tell his school they had sex when Lo was under 21, the age for gay legal consent in Hong Kong. He also got his victim to buy him presents including a pressure cooker, a computer, printer and clothes after targeting the teacher in June after their one-night stand. At a hearing Wednesday, Judge Colin Mackintosh described Lo's actions as 'persistent, calculated and cynical' and jailed him for three years, the South China Morning Post reported. The judge also ordered Lo, who has previous convictions for blackmailing in similar circumstances, to pay his victim almost 4,000 US dollars in compensation. Homosexuality remains a taboo in traditional Hong Kong where most gay men keep their sexuality a secret and a long-running campaign to lower the legal age of consent has so far failed. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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