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Sexual harassment and assault

Sexual harassment and assault
Latest news and features on sexual harassment and assault, including accusations of misconduct and developments in the #MeToo movement.
A little Asian boy with a sad and lonely expression hides in the shadows under a table at home, while being scolded by his mother. Photo: Getty Image
Victims of persistent sexual abuse often have difficulty recalling details of assaults that span years. Photo: Getty Images
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong to legislate against persistent child sexual abuse and ‘cyberflashing’

Security Bureau says government will include targeted offences in sex offence amendment bill after public and legal groups express broad support.

Singapore

‘Depraved’ Singaporean paedophile who abused daughter, granddaughters, jailed

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France

Paris court convicts school aide for sex abuse, orders ankle tag

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Japan

Japan jails man for forcing Thai girl, 12, into sex work

He had forced the girl to provide sexual services at his private-room massage parlour in Tokyo in 2025.

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A night view near the Kabukicho area in the Shinjuku district of central Tokyo. The Tokyo District Court found Masayuki Hosono guilty of violating the child welfare law. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong children

Letters | Hong Kong must put child safety on the development agenda

Readers discuss the danger of child sexual exploitation shifting online, and the Hong Kong dollar peg.

Crime

British man admits drugging, raping wife over more than 2 decades

Man pleads guilty to dozens of charges in Manchester court as 12 co-defendants face trial.

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Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong district councillor remanded in custody after underage sex conviction

Sei Chun-hing, 39, set to become first elected officer to face imprisonment for a criminal offence since ‘patriots-only’ electoral overhaul in 2021.

Yuen Long district councillor Sei Chun-hing was convicted on Monday of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl 15 years ago. Photo: Edmond So
Icons and Influencers

Tate brothers lose bid for release from US jail pending extradition fight

In denying bail, the judge cited the influencers’ wealth and frequent international travel as making them ‘quintessential flight risks’.

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Hong Kong courts

Court acquits brother of incest, citing failure to prove teen knew it was wrong

Man was 11 to 14 years old at the time of alleged offences, while his sister, now 20, was between seven and 10.

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Singapore

Singapore ‘open’ to chemical castration for sex offenders if proven effective

Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam says the evidence on whether such measures are effective in reducing crime rates is so far ‘inconclusive’.

Singapore’s city centre. Photo: Xinhua
Crime in Hong Kong

Calls for Hong Kong anti-stalking law after man acquitted of following teen girl

Magistrate said charge of loitering did not address defendant’s actions, and lawmakers urge government to revisit proposal for dedicated legislation shelved in 2014.

Anti-stalking legislation was proposed in the past but put on hold. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong courts

Defendant knew sexual acts with sister as teen ‘seriously wrong’, court told

Prosecution argues man, now 24, knew alleged sexual acts with sibling on five occasions were inappropriate.

Hong Kong courts

Former care home warden guilty of raping intellectually disabled female resident

Chung Pui-kei, former assistant warden at Tai Po home run by Hong Chi Association, convicted of raping resident five times in 2024.

Royalty

Norway’s King Haakon VIII swears allegiance to constitution

Haakon’s wife Queen Mette-Marit, 53, was not beside her husband as she is still recovering from her June 17 transplant.

Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra (right) sits next to her father King Haakon VIII during an oath-taking ceremony for the new king to Norway’s constitution in the main chamber of the Norwegian parliament in Oslo on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Germany

Germany jails man, 81, for life over murder of tourist 30 years ago

The case remained unsolved for decades. A breakthrough was only achieved after old DNA traces were analysed using new technical methods.

Defence lawyer Volker Klein makes a statement at the regional court in Koblenz, Germany on August 18 during a recess in the murder trial of an 81-year-old man who admitted to sexually abusing and killing an American tourist in Germany more than 30 years ago. Photo: via AP
Icons and Influencers

Shackled Tate brothers ask to be released from jail during extradition fight

The influencer duo were arrested in Miami to face rape and sex-trafficking charges from the UK.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong officer charged over indecent messages to suspect’s friend

Man, 32, charged with misconduct after allegedly contacting a friend of a suspect and sending her indecent texts and images.

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Hong Kong courts

RTHK editor gets 160 hours of community service for upskirt video

Chong Tak-yin, 57, pleaded guilty to unlawful recording of intimate parts after police found an upskirt video on his phone.

Chong Tak-yin told arresting officers the offence was “a momentary lapse of judgment” driven by sexual impulse. Photo: Fiona Chow
Crime

US judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to overturn sex trafficking conviction

Ruling upholds 20-year sentence for former Epstein associate, finding new claims of trial errors ‘frivolous’.

Singapore

Singaporean who filmed couple on rooftop and demanded sex, cash gets jail

Mohammad Sharulnaim Miswan also targeted another couple having sex in a car and took a photo of them before confronting the pair.

Hong Kong courts

Former Hong Kong teacher gets 18 months in prison for molesting student twice

Judge Gary Lam describes defendant Cheng Hon-sze’s case as serious and says there is no room for a reduced sentence.

Cheng Hon-sze attends court in June this year. Photo: Brian Wong
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong academic who allegedly hid marital status cleared of indecent assault

Peng Peng, 38, acquitted at Sha Tin Court, where he had previously pleaded not guilty to two counts of indecent assault.

CUHK associate professor Peng Peng arrives at Sha Tin Court ahead of the verdict. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong courts

Ex-care home worker accused of raping intellectually disabled woman 5 times

Chung Pui-kei alleged to have raped woman with intellectual ability of a child while working at care home linked to NGO Hong Chi Association.

Singapore

Singapore jails and canes man for abusing boy, 6

The man abused the boy for about 18 hours – hitting him with a hanger at least 620 times and stomping on him at least 45 times.

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Women and gender

BTS members face backlash for attending Chris Brown concert

BTS members face backlash for attending Chris Brown concert
Spain

‘It’s really bad’: migrant women’s fears of sexual violence in Spain’s Ceuta

Some women at a makeshift camp say they are afraid to sleep at night: ‘a lot of guys are trying to attack the girls every night’.

Moroccan women migrants arrange blankets and belongings at a makeshift sleeping area near the Temporary Immigrant Reception Centre in Ceuta, Spain, on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
United States

US top court again rejects Trump push to toss out E. Jean Carroll verdict

Trump and the Justice Department are also asking the High Court to toss out a second Carroll verdict totalling US$83 million.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong ‘maid cafe’ operator arrested for allegedly molesting employee, 14

Operator of Mong Kok cafe, a 35-year-old man, allegedly touched girl multiple times, beginning on her first day at work.

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