Hong Kong rugby player denies molesting woman at bar, but admits vandalism

“A Hong Kong professional rugby player has denied molesting a patron at a bar, but admitted vandalising police property following his arrest last year. Faizal Solomona Penesa, 33, on Monday pleaded guilty at Eastern Court to damaging a door bolt at Central police station while in custody on suspicion of groping a woman at Bobby’s Rabble on Wyndham Street on September 28, 2025. He pleaded not guilty to assaulting the woman. A prosecution summary said the Samoan prop, who represents the Hong Kong...

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