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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.
Lyhanna in an undated image released by her family in May. Photo: Handout via AFP
Crime

Autopsy confirms 11-year-old French girl was raped before her death

Killing of Lyhanna fuels public fury over prior dropped investigations into the primary suspect.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest male suspect, 36, over sexual assaults on 4 drunk men

Crime

Swede who ‘ruthlessly’ prostituted wife to over 100 men jailed for 4½ years

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong tutor admits to molesting 5 boys, filming abuse as ‘mementos’

Man, 46, pleads guilty to 19 sex offences against boys aged seven to 14 at now-closed tutorial centre in Mei Foo between 2017 and 2023.

Yu Hey-tsit, 46, pleaded guilty at the High Court to 15 counts of indecent assault and four of making child pornography. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Royalty

Norwegian crown princess’ son to be jailed 4 years for rape, domestic violence

One alleged rape took place in ‌the basement ‌of the crown prince’s family home, the court heard.

Japan

‘There was nothing I could do’: why Japan still needs women-only train carriages

Critics question the necessity of safe zones for women. Passengers say a culture of ‘chikan’ abuse makes them vital.

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Fifa

2 World Cup players accused of sexual assault receive contrasting treatments

Canada denies entry to Ghana’s Thomas Partey because of rape allegations while Japan’s Kaishu Sano remains on tournament roster.

Kaishu Sano, who reportedly pleaded not guilty to rape charges, training with his Japan teammates in Nashville, Tennessee, before the clash against the Netherlands on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong retiree gets 40 hours of community service for slapping 5-year-old boy

Court hears Lok Kam-ming, 61, lost his temper after hearing boy berate helper at Grand Yoho shopping centre.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong woman feared reporting teacher over assaults would harm him

Alleged offences took place between November 2019 and June 2024, when former student was aged between 14 and 19 years old.

United States

Bill Gates says Epstein blackmailed him using knowledge of his affairs

Gates said the late sex offender used information about his infidelities to pressure him to ‘re-engage’.

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Bill Gates stops to speak to the media on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
United States

Trump taps former personal lawyer as attorney general, teeing up Senate fight

Acting attorney general and former Trump defence lawyer Todd Blanche faces a rocky confirmation path over controversies.

Todd Blanche: Donald Trump’s acting US attorney general. Photo: AP
Norway

Days before rape verdict, court grants release of Norway crown princess’ son

Facing 40 charges including rape, Marius Borg Hoiby wins a release order after pleading to see his ailing mother, but prosecutors appeal.

Britain

UK’s Starmer gives Apple, Google 3 months to stop kids sending nude images

If firms do not act, the PM said, ‘we will change the law … when it comes to the safety of our children, standing by is not an option’.

Crime

Death of girl, 11, in France sparks storm over cracks in judicial system

The suspect in Lyhanna’s disappearance previously faced multiple allegations of preying on young victims but was not taken into custody.

Lyhanna, 11, is seen in an undated image released by her family in May. Photo: Handout via AFP
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong man arrested for allegedly groping schoolgirl on bus

Video circulating online shows man on upper deck reaching forward one row to touch side of girl’s chest.

According to police, officers intercepted the suspect at the boundary checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. Photo: Getty Images
Royalty

Auditors shine light on UK royal housing, disgraced Andrew’s ‘peppercorn rent’

National Audit Office offers the most ⁠detailed review ever of royal property arrangements in a new report.

United States

Trump to nominate Todd Blanche as US attorney general

Blanche, 51, took over leadership of the Justice Department after Trump fired Pam Bondi in April.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s top monk suspended over alleged child sex abuse

Police arrested the 71-year-old on May 9 over allegations that he had sexually abused an 11-year-old girl in 2022.

Sri Lankans protest outside the Attorney General’s Department in Colombo earlier this month, calling for the acceleration of the investigation into a recent child abuse case in which a Buddhist monk is suspected to be involved. Photo: EPA
Jeffrey Epstein

Bondi refused to answer questions about Trump and Epstein files, Democrats say

She also pushed any blame for missteps with the release of files related to the late sex offender onto Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Singapore

Former Singapore police officer jailed for disguising as woman to molest boy

Sharizal Shafi’ee also recorded videos of 32 men engaged in sexual acts for around six months.

United States

US Justice Department launches criminal probe into Trump accuser

Federal prosecutors investigate whether E. Jean Carroll committed perjury in her two civil lawsuits against Donald Trump.

E. Jean Carroll in 2024. Donald Trump has denied all wrongdoing and is still in legal battles with the former columnist. Photo: AP
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong private tutor jailed for 4½ years over repeatedly molesting boy

Ng Tin-yu continued to commit obscene acts at boy’s residence until camera in child’s bedroom captured one of the incidents.

The defendant pleaded guilty earlier this month to nine counts of committing an act of gross indecency towards a child under 16 at Tsuen Wan Court. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong courts

Man gets 9 years’ jail for attempted rape after following victim from wet market

Former dock worker Leung Kam-wah followed mother with baby in pram and held cutter to her back as she opened flat door.

Malaysia

Why are more men in Malaysia reporting being sexually harassed now?

More than 1,000 complaints involving male victims have been lodged since 2024, but campaigners say shame and fear still keep many men silent.

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Crime

Swedish prosecutor urges prison for man who prostituted wife to dozens of men

State demands 10-year sentence for aggravated pimping and rape as defence maintains denial.

The man has been charged with aggravated pimping and rape. Photo: Getty Images
Thailand

Thai Singha beer heir’s sexual abuse claims empower others to come forward

After Siranudh Scott’s allegations, public figures took to social media to talk about the subject, long considered taboo in Thailand.

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Siranudh “Psi” Scott is a fourth-generation member of the billionaire Thai family that founded the Singha beer brand. Photo: AFP
Women and gender

Chinese drug-rape network shocks Germany

Artificial intelligence

Pair charged in US under new law for creating AI celebrity porn

Arrests mark some of the earliest prosecutions under the Take It Down Act as the US cracks down on explicit ‘deepfakes’.

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