Hong Kong rejects public sodomy ban
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Hong Kong’s top court rejected a ban on public gay sodomy, which had been punishable by as much as five years in prison. The case stemmed from the prosecution of two men who acknowledged having sex in a car parked on an isolated road at night, the ruling said.
A panel of five top judges unanimously dismissed the appeal of a lower-court decision.
Chief Justice Andrew Li said in the ruling that the law targets homosexuals and “does not criminalize heterosexuals for the same or comparable conduct.”
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