British band Coldplay's four concerts in Hong Kong kicked off yesterday night (April 8) at the Kai Tak Sports Park, law enforcement agencies said this afternoon at about 5:15 pm in the vicinity of the Kai Tak Sports Park to crack down on fake concert tickets, during which a 30-year-old man was arrested, he was suspected of "unauthorized sale of tickets for admission to the venue at an amount exceeding that set by the organizers of the event, etc.", and arrested two men and two women suspected of violating the conditions of stay. Two men and two women, aged between 39 and 51, were also arrested on suspicion of breach of condition of stay. Investigation revealed that the five arrested persons were also suspected to have sold concert tickets at high prices outside the venue.
During a law enforcement operation near Kai Tak Sports Park this afternoon, a Hong Kong man sold two tickets for the upcoming Coldplay concert to a plainclothes law enforcement officer for HK$1,699 each, with the intention of selling them for HK$2,399.
After investigation, the man purchased two tickets on the Cityline website and hoped to sell them for the difference in price. Subsequently, the two tickets were confiscated and treated as invalid, and the law enforcement department charged the man with "unauthorized sale of admission tickets at a price exceeding the amount set by the organizers for the event". During the operation, two men and two women, aged between 39 and 51, were arrested on suspicion of breaching conditions of stay.
Under the Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance, a person commits an offence if he "sells, solicits or persuades another person to purchase a ticket for a programme held at a licensed venue at a price in excess of the amount fixed by the proprietor, manager or organizer". The penalty is a fine of HK$2,000.
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