Proposed sexual offences overhaul extensive but advocacy groups cite concerns

Hong Kong authorities’ proposed overhaul of the city’s sexual offence laws has gone further than suggestions made by a law reform body, but some advocates remain concerned over a legal defence loophole. Advocacy groups have welcomed authorities’ proposals to include a list of circumstances that define situations of no consent to a sexual act, as well as adopting gender-neutral wording to cover victims of all genders. But lingering vagueness over a defence claiming an “honest but mistaken” belief...