Sexual abuse cases against children aged under 17 jumped 20 per cent in 2025 from the previous year, with Hong Kong’s security minister vowing to tighten laws that will better protect victims by next June.
Police figures presented to legislators on Wednesday showed that there were 797 cases of sexual offences against children last year, up from 663 in 2024.
In 2021, there were 599 such cases. The figure fell to 578 the following year but rose to 696 in 2023.
Statistics for 2025 also showed that…