Criminal wearing pillory being put on public display under watchful eye of Indian police officer

Although Hong Kong was already a colony, the British continued to impose traditional Chinese penal measures on criminals. This photograph shows a criminal wearing a pillory being put on public display under the watchful eye of an Indian police officer. Information such as the criminal's name, the crime he has committed and the site of the crime is written on the wooden sign he is wearing, so as to deter others from breaking the law. This photograph was taken in the 1910s.