South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 1 hrs ago
Hong Kong survivors push to close ‘consent loophole’ in reforms to sex crime laws
Hong Kong women’s rights advocates and sexual assault survivors have urged authorities to close a loophole that allows defendants to claim an honest but mistaken belief in consent before a sexual act, warning that it could undermine proposed reforms.
The Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women and survivor group We Are X on Wednesday said the government’s updated stricter definitions of consent should also be extended to this long-standing defence.
“If we agree that the defendant...
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