‘Cherry-picked’ crimes: call for legal reforms to cover long-term child sexual abuse

While most Hong Kong children find sanctuary at home, Bobo* spent her primary and secondary school years constantly on high alert, always looking for a new place to hide in her flat. “Every single day I had to figure out how to avoid that person, how to find another safe spot inside the flat,” said the young woman, who suffered repeated sexual abuse by a family member. Another girl, Mui*, said nights and school holidays were the most terrifying times. She would often jolt awake with the...