Man found guilty of sexual assault on another male

Judicial and sexuality specialists approved of the penalty handed down in a Beijing court to a man who sexually assaulted another man, as it reflected progress in the rule of law and met the needs of social development.

Women are the victims in most of the publicized sex-related cases, "but in reality, sexual harm also happens between people of the same gender," Ruan Chuansheng, a criminal law professor at Shanghai Administration Institute, said on Friday.

On Jan 10, the Shunyi District People's Court sentenced a man surnamed Dong to one year in prison with a one-year reprieve for the crime of indecency after he sexually assaulted another man, surnamed Li.