Amid a sharp increase in sexual assault cases in Hong Kong in recent months, a top city official drew criticism this week for warning that women should drink less to avoid becoming victims.

"Some of these cases…involved the victims being raped after drinking quite a lot of alcohol," Hong Kong security secretary Lai Tung-kwok said on Tuesday during a press briefing, in describing this year's jump in sexual violence. "So I would appeal that young ladies should not drink too much."

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