HONG KONG - Hong Kong's security minister came under fire Wednesday for saying that women should "not drink too much" if they wanted to avoid being raped.

Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok was presenting figures on crime in the city for the first quarter, which showed that rape cases soared 60 percent, when he made the comments.

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