Dear All registries and administrative offices of courts and tribunals for which the Judiciary Administrator has responsibility,

We request the following statistical information by year from January 2010 through December 2021:

1) The number of child sexual abuse cases tried in the courts of Hong Kong, this would include charges under the following Ordinances:
a) Crimes Ordinance (Cap 200)
i) Section 47 incest by men
ii) Section 48 Incest by women of or over 16
iii) Section 118 Rape
iv) Section 118A Non-consensual buggery
v) Section 118B Assault with intent to commit buggery
vi) Section 118G Procuring others to commit homosexual buggery
vii) Section 118H Gross indecency with or by man under 21
viii) Section 118I Gross indecency by man with male mentally incapacitated person
ix) Section 118J Gross indecency by man with man otherwise than in private
x) Section 118K Procuring gross indecency by man with man
xi) Section 119 Procurement by threats
xii) Section 120 Procurement by false pretences
xiii) Section 121 Administering drugs to obtain or facilitate unlawful sexual act
xiv) Section 122 Indecent assault
xv) Section 123 Intercourse with girl under 13
xvi) Section 124 Intercourse with girl under 16
xvii) Section 125 Intercourse with mentally incapacitated person
xviii) Section 126 Abduction of unmarried girl under 16
xix) Section 127 Abduction of unmarried girl under 18 for sexual intercourse
xx) Section 128 Abduction of mentally incapacitated person from parent or guardian for sexual act
xxi) Section 129 Trafficking in persons to or from Hong Kong
xxii) Section 130 Control over persons for purpose of unlawful sexual intercourse or prostitution
xxiii) Section 131 Causing prostitution
xxiv) Section 132 Procurement of girl under 21
xxv) Section 133 Procurement of mentally incapacitated person
xxvi) Section 134 Detention for intercourse or in vice establishment
xxvii) Section 135 Causing or encouraging prostitution of, intercourse with, or indecent assault on, girl or boy under 16
xxviii) Section 136 Causing or encouraging prostitution of mentally incapacitated person
xxix) Section 137 Living on earnings of prostitution of others
xxx) Section 138A Use, procurement or offer of persons under 18 for making pornography or for live pornographic performances
xxxi) Section 140 Permitting girl or boy under 13 to resort to or be on premises or vessel for intercourse
xxxii) Section 141 Permitting young person to resort to or be on premises or vessel for intercourse, prostitution, buggery or homosexual act
xxxiii) Section 142 Permitting mentally incapacitated person to resort to or be on premises or vessel for intercourse, prostitution or homosexual act
xxxiv) Section 146 Indecent conduct towards child under 16
xxxv) Section 147 Soliciting for an immoral purpose
xxxvi) Section 148 Indecency in public
xxxvii) Prevention of Child Pornography Ordinance (Cap 579)
2) The outcome of the charge/trial (e.g., pleaded guilty, trial, outcome of trial)
3) The sentence handed down

Regards,
Taura Edgar
https://www.talkhongkong.org/

Dear All registries and administrative offices of courts and tribunals for which the Judiciary Administrator has responsibility,

Your recent response stating that statistics are not kept as per my request is noted. However, I wish to point out that per published research in: Monit Cheung, Carol A. Leung & Elaine Suk-Ching Liu (2017) Advocacy Journey Promoting Child Sexual Abuse Prevention in Hong Kong, Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 26:8, 957-969, the Hong Kong Magistrates Court provided data to End Child Abuse Foundation. Specifically the Judiciary provided statistical data to the Foundation regarding 31 child sex abuse cases in 1996 and 32 such cases in 1997. This means that the Magistracy has previously provided such data and it is this data that we are now seeking under our request.

Regards,
Taura Edgar
https://www.talkhongkong.org/