Invisible Hong Kong
Written by: Chen Zhihui, Li Zemin
2020-06-13 15:52
Date of last update: 2020-06-13 15:52A female boarding student at City University of Hong Kong was suspected of being sexually harassed by a dormitory mentor. The dormitory mentor asked the female dormitory to come to her room alone on the grounds that there were important matters to be discussed. The female boarding student refers to the dormitory instructor sweeping his chest with unknown objects in the room.
The female student complained to the wardens afterwards, but the wardens were suspected of cold handling. Afterwards, female boarding students complained to the school's sexual harassment prevention committee (hereinafter referred to as the committee), and the City University student editorial board also reported the matter. Since then, the committee has ordered female students to keep the incident confidential. In response to this complaint, "Stealth Hong Kong" went to the City University of Hong Kong to seek the supervision of the wardens. The school has not yet responded positively.
According to Sections 2(5) and 2(8) of the Sex Discrimination Ordinance, it is a civil offence for anyone to commit sexual harassment against a man or woman, but currently the Regulations only cover workplace and educational institutions. Sexual harassment. Unless sexual contact is involved and criminal offences such as indecent assault are committed, the police will not be able to get started even if the police is reported for sexual harassment.
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