China makes male rape a crime amid increasing sexual assaults

November 01, 2015 17:03

Sexual assaults on men in China will be treated as a crime punishable with a minimum five year jail term as an amendment to the criminal law came into effect today amid an increase in such cases in the country.

The sexual assault of men was not previously listed as an offence under Chinese law. It is now a crime after an amendment to the Criminal Law that took effect today, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The amendment, adopted by the top legislature in August, stipulates that indecent assault on others, men or women, now carries a minimum sentence of five years in prison.

In the former law, the clause "others" was "women," the report said.

The amendment was carried out amid increasing sexual attacks on men by men. Until now, it was difficult to file cases involving male sexual assault.

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