Hong Kong’s sex offence laws are to be overhauled. What needs to be updated?

Jessie Ho recalls facing traumatic questions in court that focused on tiny details of her sexual assault case four years earlier, from whether the accused had used his left or right hand to why she had not kicked or bitten him to protect herself. As the grilling went on, Ho realised the defence lawyer was trying to portray her as having agreed to the actions of the accused and only later changing her mind. “I felt confused at first as I didn’t know what had happened to me. But I have never been...