Trial of ex-Geraldton masseur Chun Hung Wong hears allegations he indecently assaulted nine women

An alleged victim of a former Geraldton masseur — who is fighting allegations from nine women that he indecently assaulted them — has recalled being “frozen in fear” on his massage table. The allegations from the nine complainants, who say they were indecently assaulted by Chun Hung Wong during their massage sessions over an eight-year period, were aired in a Geraldton courtroom last week. Mr Wong, also known as Clayton, pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of unlawful and indecent assault at the start of his trial in Geraldton Magistrates Court last week. The charges relate to alleged incidents said to have occurred at Brilliant Massage in the Marine Terrace mall — which Mr Wong owned before it closed ahead of the trial— between January 2013 and February 2021. Testifying in court last week, one of the complainants said she was 17 years old when Mr Wong allegedly rubbed his genitals along her arm during her massage at the clinic in 2015. “It definitely wasn’t an accident. I was in shock, I was very confused,” she said. A woman who received a pregnancy massage from Mr Wong in February last year said the 37-year-old allegedly pulled her underwear down so her “bottom was completely exposed”, making her feel “very uncomfortable”. She told the court she then heard “heavy, audible breathing” and felt only one hand on her back, signs which she claimed pointed to masturbation. “I was frozen in fear. I was stiff as a board. I was thinking ‘just do something’. I just shot my arm out to do something, to stop it from happening,” she said. Another woman also described the transition of a two-handed massage by Mr Wong into a one-handed movement as a “red flag”. She also gave evidence of hearing a “repetitive sound” and seeing semen-like fluid on the massage table. Defence counsel Ashleigh Antoine suggested Mr Wong could have placed one hand on top of the other during the massage, which would explain why the complainant only felt one hand on her body. She also suggested the smell several complainants claimed was semen could have been “body odour” or sweat. Magistrate Evan Shackleton initially placed a suppression order on all evidence presented at the hearing until the end of the prosecution case, but this order was removed late last week. The trial was adjourned as part-heard on Friday, with prosecutor Sgt Nari Stewart expected to call two expert witnesses when the hearing resumes later this year. Mr Wong will appear in the same court next month to determine when the trial will continue, with the court being told this could be as late as December.