Internet harassment - HK Police

I am the victim of terrible Internet harassment and the suspect, an expat living in HK, has even cracked my email password and has been communicating with my business investors, representing himself as me, thereby devastating my business.


I have been to the police many, many times and they have told me that they are working the case. I believe them, and am generally impressed by their interest, but it is taking too long for them to put the case together for prosecution. Is it usual for the process to run into months and months? And ideas?


Also, I want to sue the culprit but I understand in HK there contingence base cases are not permitted. So you must pay the lawyer as you go along, which, unfortunately is something I do not now have the resources to do. The expat is financially very well off. Any ideas?

Oh Gosh that sounds like a nightmare...Create a new biz email account. Send an email to all your contacts notifying them of the change. Ask your email/web host/network provider about increased security.

I must say I am shocked on how little resource we have, legally speaking, to sue people that do you wrong in HK.

I'm having a nightmare of my own w/ landlord that refuses to refund my deposit with absolutely zero grounds. So the sad reality is...being honest also means you do get screwed by those who aren't. My previous landlord Lorea (she's a user here at asia xpat) has the record (and i have the emails to prove) of giving utmost hassle to return peoples deposit, which she never returns in full or at all. I didn't want to believe the rumours. But guess what? She's doing the same to me now. And previous tenants did file on small claims court...no luck. Seems the best thing to do is to warn people - about the person harassing you or about people like my ex-landlord.