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Sexual offences have more than doubled in ten years, low conviction rate worrying about second injury, police only accepted 50 rape cases last year

2020-10-28T23:35:47.946Z


In 2019, the police received a total of 1492 sexual crimes (including rape, indecent and pornographic crimes), which is nearly 40% less than a decade ago. Although the number of reported cases has decreased, the SWD and NGOs received more requests for help during the same period. on


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Author: Guo Xiaoqing

2020-10-29 07:30

Last update date: 2020-10-29 07:30

In 2019, the police received a total of 1492 sexual crimes (including rape, indecent and pornographic crimes), which is nearly 40% less than a decade ago. Although the number of reported cases has decreased, the SWD and NGOs received more requests for help during the same period. Upward trend.

Among them, the difference in the number of rape cases is the most obvious. The police received 50 rape cases in 2019, which is more than 60% less than a decade ago. However, the number of rape cases reported by the Social Welfare Department during the same period increased by more than 60%.

The number of rape cases reported by the police has plummeted since 2014. The number of reports received by the SWD in 2019 was twice that of the police

In the ten years, the number of rape cases reported by the police dropped from 136 in 2009 to 50 in 2019, a decrease of 63%. Over the same period, the number of reports received by the SWD increased by 59%, from 100 to 159.

As for the first half of 2020, the SWD received a total of 70 rape cases, while the police received 25 reports.

In terms of indecent assault cases, the number of cases received by the police has continued to decline every year, from more than 1,000 cases in 2009 to more than 900 in 2019. In the same period, the number of assistance received by the Social Welfare Department originally remained below 200. In 2013 and 2014, there were a sudden increase to more than 900 cases, and there was no significant increase or decrease thereafter. There were 778 indecent assault cases in 2019.

In the first half of 2020, the police and the Social Welfare Department recorded 286 and 243 cases respectively, which are similar.

In the first half of 2020, the number of rape and indecent assault cases received by the police has dropped, but the data shows that victims tend not to report the crime.

(Data Picture / Photo by Cai Zhengbang)

Less than half of people call the police for help and only 20% of the people call for help are successfully convicted

According to the retrospective research report 2000-2018, among the 3611 victims of sexual violence who received crisis intervention services, only 1881 victims reported to the police. Among them, rape cases were the majority. Most of the victims of indecent and sexual harassment cases did not report to the police. For help.

Even if the police are assisted, the number of successful convictions that the Attorney General has decided to prosecute is not many.

Feng Yulan's report showed that among the 1881 victims who had called the police for help, 1096 cases were withdrawn, and the remaining only more than 300 cases were prosecuted by the Department of Justice. Among them, only 221 cases were successfully convicted.

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Feng Yulan pointed out that out of the 8 cases in which the police requested assistance, only about 1 case was successfully convicted after the first court verdict.

There are two main reasons for the withdrawal of more than 1,000 cases, including the police's termination of the investigation on the grounds of insufficient evidence and the voluntary abandonment of the investigation by the victim.

Fengyulan published the "Retrospective Research Report 2000-2018 on Fengyulan Cases" in 2019.

(Picture of Fengyulan website)

However, the above figures do not fully show the actual situation of sexual crimes. Some victims may not report the crime or seek help from the Social Welfare Department or NGOs. They may find it difficult to tell, fear "secondary harm", or find it difficult to prove it. What I have suffered.

In addition, only cases such as rape and indecent assault are now criminalized. It is believed that the number of sexual harassment cases is far higher than the number reported.

▼Since 2018, the Law Reform Commission and the Legislative Council will work on the review of sexual offences and legislative recommendations▼

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Source: hk1

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