Cults luring victims overseas for sex in a bid to “change their fate”, as well as suggestive games hosted at orientation camps in Hong Kong, could amount to sexual offences, authorities have warned, as they launched a public consultation on the city’s sexual law reforms. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Tuesday that…
Hong Kong authorities have put forward a sweeping overhaul of the city’s sexual offences laws, such as broadening the definition of rape, introducing new offences covering non-consensual acts involving children and persons with mental impairment, setting a uniform age of consent at 16, and removing gender-specific provisions. The proposals, which follow the Law Reform Commission’s…
Hong Kong authorities have proposed a major overhaul of outdated sexual offences laws, including criminalising same-sex rape, introducing new offences and establishing a uniform age of consent at 16 while removing gender-specific provisions and increasing penalties. In a 59-page consultation paper submitted to the Legislative Council on Monday, the Security Bureau proposed a series of…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 36‑year‑old man on suspicion of sexually assaulting three intoxicated men and a teenager in guest houses or staircases after they passed out on the street, as well as recording the assaults. The force received a report from a 19‑year‑old man who said he had gone drinking in Central in…
A Hong Kong woman who has accused her former school teacher of sexually assaulting her over a period of nearly five years has told the court she initially feared reporting the case because it would be “too cruel” to the defendant and cause him serious repercussions. The defendant, Cheng Hon-sze, 32, appeared in court on…
A 67-year-old jobless divorcee with a history of criminal offences has been jailed for nine years for sexually assaulting a woman during a brazen daytime break-in at a public rental flat in Hong Kong two years ago. The High Court on Wednesday sentenced former dockworker Leung Kam-wah over the “very serious” offences committed against the…
Hong Kong police have arrested nine men in a joint operation with law enforcement agencies in six other jurisdictions, targeting the production, use and distribution of child pornography online. Hong Kong Police Force. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The city’s police force said on Monday that Operation Hurdler arrested a total of 326 people in March and…
Swedish businessman Patrik Tobias Ekstrom, whose rape conviction was upheld by Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal. Photo: Hong Kong Free Press/HKFP Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal has rejected the appeal of Swedish businessman Patrik Tobias Ekstrom, confirming his convictions for raping his Nepalese domestic helper and committing non‑consensual buggery, Dimsum Daily reports. He was ordered…
A Swedish businessman jailed for seven years in 2024 after being found guilty of raping a domestic worker has appealed his conviction. Patrik Tobias Ekstrom outside the High Court on August 16, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Patrik Tobias Ekstrom appeared at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday. Ekstrom was found guilty of one count of rape…
Jessie Ho recalls facing traumatic questions in court that focused on tiny details of her sexual assault case four years earlier, from whether the accused had used his left or right hand to why she had not kicked or bitten him to protect herself. As the grilling went on, Ho realised the defence lawyer was…