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Sexual harassment and assault

Sexual harassment and assault
Latest news and features on sexual harassment and assault, including accusations of misconduct and developments in the #MeToo movement.
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media at the airport in Doha, Qatar, on April 10. Photo: Reuters
Britain

Epstein row: UK PM faces calls to quit over news that Mandelson failed vetting

The ex-ambassador was cleared after a foreign ministry decision, and Starmer was unaware of the failed check, a spokesman says.

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Australia

Indian man charged with sexual assault of passenger on Singapore-Perth flight

Indonesia

University of Indonesia suspends law students for sexually explicit group chat

Singapore

Malaysian man jailed in Singapore for raping, robbing Filipino helper

Harvin Velanggany also saw an Indian man, whose case is pending before the courts, allegedly assault the victim previously.

Singapore’s skyline. A man was jailed for raping a domestic worker in the city state. Photo: Reuters
Harvey Weinstein

Harvey Weinstein rape retrial begins in New York

The film mogul, who is accused of raping actress Jessica Mann, is being retried after a mistrial was declared last June.

Germany

‘Truly monstrous’: Germany jails Chinese student in Pelicot-like rape case

Zhongyi J. repeatedly drugged, assaulted and filmed his girlfriend, sedating her so heavily that her breathing repeatedly stopped.

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Japan

Japan jails ex-teacher for sharing voyeuristic student images

He is the first among an alleged teachers’ voyeurism ring to receive a prison sentence in a high-profile case that came to light last year.

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Between July and December 2024, Ishikawa secretly took photos and videos of three female students at a junior school in Kanagawa, where he was working at the time, capturing images on his smartphone that included their underwear, and shared them via a social media group chat. Photo: Shutterstock
United States

Swalwell to quit US Congress following sexual misconduct allegations

Four ⁠women have accused the California Democrat of misconduct, ⁠including assault and harassment.

Donald Trump

Trump’s US$10 billion lawsuit against WSJ and Murdoch thrown out

US president says ⁠he plans to re-file lawsuit over an article about a suggestive Epstein birthday letter.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hongkonger arrested on suspicion of underage sex and scamming girls of HK$33,000

Suspect told girls they could earn money with ‘compensated dating’, only for him to have sex with them and extract cash using excuses, police say.

According to police, the suspect recruited the girls for “compensated dating” with promises of payments of between HK$30,000 and HK$100,000. Photo: Getty Images
United States

Swalwell suspends California governor bid amid sexual assault allegations

Front-runner exits race as former staffers and fellow Democrats demand he also resign from Congress.

Eric Swalwell, who had been a front-runner for the governorship of ​America’s most populous state. Photo: TNS
United States

Sex assault claims against California governor hopeful under investigation

The Democratic congressman has been accused by several women of rape and sexual misconduct, which he denies.

United States

‘Never been friends’: Melania Trump criticises Epstein ‘lies’ in address

In a rare White House speech, the first lady denied being Epstein’s friend and called on Congress to hold public hearings for his victims.

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Hong Kong society

Workplace sexual harassment complaints jump by 33% in Hong Kong

Equal Opportunities Commission recorded 315 sexual harassment complaints in total in 2025, up from 228 in previous year.

In 2021, the equality watchdog received 148 sexual harassment employment-related complaints. The figure rose to 207 last year. Photo: Getty Images
United States

Bondi won’t appear before US lawmakers over Epstein files: Justice Department

The subpoena is no longer valid after Trump fired her as US attorney general, according to an official.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington in October 2025. Photo: TNS
World of performing arts

‘A system of slavery’: ex-geisha apprentice on the dark side of the tradition

Kiyoha Kiritaka says she left Kyoto’s geisha world after experiencing sexual harassment, physical and verbal abuse, and more.

Scams and swindles

Cambodia’s high-stakes war on online scam compounds

Cambodia has vowed to stamp out the scam compounds on its soil by month’s end – but perpetrators remain drawn to the potential for huge profits.

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Italy

Italy arrests German-Indian ‘guru’ on child abuse allegations

The two children did not attend school and had to stand guard around the house where they lived at night.

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The man is said to have led a community of 15 people, including two children, who lived in a forest near Cefalu on Sicily’s northern coast. Photo: TNS
Singapore

Fourth ex-teacher charged in Singapore amid string of student sex abuse cases

The man allegedly engaged in intimate acts with an underage girl in 2023.

Britain

BBC defends action in new sex abuse scandal involving DJ Scott Mills

The BBC has been rocked by multiple sexual scandals involving top personalities in recent years.

Japan

Japan rape accuser condemns prosecution’s failure to protect victims

The victim, a prosecutor herself, in 2024 accused Osaka’s then-top prosecutor of raping her 6 years ago.

Osaka’s Dotonbori district. Kentaro Kitagawa, the head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutor’s Office was arrested in 2024 and admitted the assault but later withdrew his statement, saying the sex was consensual. Photo: Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau/dpa
Crime

Sweden charges ‘monster’ man for selling wife to over 120 men

The man, 62, had for years benefited financially from pressuring his wife ‘to perform and submit to sexual acts’.

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The man, 62, was arrested in late October after his wife reported him to police in northern Sweden. He has been held in custody since then. Photo: Reuters
United States

Bank of America to pay US$72.5 million to settle Epstein victim lawsuit

The suit claims the bank’s executives ‘ignored red flags’ about Epstein’s sex-trafficking venture to provide him with financial services.

Britain

UK police to reopen Andrew Tate rape probe

Hertfordshire Constabulary revives decade-old allegations as a civil trial is due to take place in June this year.

Spain

Spanish woman, 25, dies by euthanasia after father loses legal bid to stop her

Her parent had fought to stop the procedure, saying his daughter had mental disorders that affected her ability to make the decision.

Anti euthanasia protesters stand outside the Spanish parliament in Madrid in March 2021. The banner reads “Government of Death” in Spanish. Photo: AP
Crime

French court sentences Islamic scholar to 18 years in prison for rape

Tariq Ramadan, currently in Switzerland, was found guilty of raping three women in a Paris trial.

Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan. Photo: AFP
France

France raids bank in probe of diplomat over Epstein links

Investigations follow revelations published in the Epstein files by the US Justice Department.

Crime

Woman awarded nearly US$60 million in decades-old Cosby assault case

Donna Motsinger was working as a waitress when Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her more than 50 years ago.

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