Hong Kong police arrest 35-year-old man suspected of raping woman, 19, at Causeway Bay hotel

A Hong Kong resident has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman at a hotel in Causeway Bay.

Police said they received a report on Wednesday morning that a 19-year-old woman had been raped in a hotel room at the Regal Hongkong Hotel on Yee Wo Street.

Officers investigating the matter subsequently detained a 35-year-old man from Liberia, who holds a Hong Kong identity card.

Two suspected marijuana cigarettes were also discovered in his possession, the force said.

The man and woman had become friends during a social gathering earlier this month, according to a police source.

On Tuesday, the woman had agreed to meet the suspect at the hotel.