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Hong Kong survivors push to close โ€˜consent loopholeโ€™ in reforms to sex crime laws

Hong Kong womenโ€™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 governmentโ€™s updated stricter definitions of consent should also be extended to this long-standing defence. โ€œIf we agree that the defendant...