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CUHK academic acquitted of indecent assault charges

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A Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) associate professor, Peng Peng, has been acquitted of indecent assault charges. The court found that the alleged victim was mutually attracted to Peng and that he may have reasonably believed she consented to his advances. The incidents occurred after the two scholars met and communicated via WeChat, with their interactions including sexual innuendo. AI

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CUHK academic acquitted of indecent assault charges

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Simpson Cheung ·

    CUHK academic who allegedly hid marital status cleared of indecent assault

    An associate professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has been acquitted of indecently assaulting a woman who reported him upon discovering he was married, after a court found the pair had been mutually attracted and that the man may have wrongly believed she had c…

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