A Hong Kong professional rugby player has pleaded guilty to vandalizing police property but denies sexually molesting a woman at a bar. Faizal Solomona Penesa admitted to damaging a door bolt at a police station after his arrest.

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.....