**** HRP Media Release
Police charge Halifax health care practitioner with two additional sexual assault charges
Investigators with the Sexual Assault Investigative Team (SAIT) of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division have charged a Halifax health care practitioner in connection with two sexual assaults that occurred in 2018 and 2019.
On September 20, 2019, police received a report from a woman who reported that she had been sexually assaulted between February and August 2019 at a Chinese Therapy Acupuncture Clinic located at 206-1535 Dresden Row.
On September 22, 2019, police received a report from another woman who reported that she had been sexually assaulted in February 2019 at the same clinic.
As a result of the investigations, SAIT members arrested a man in Halifax this morning at approximately 6:45 a.m. Xiao Han Li, 32, of Halifax, is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court today to face two counts of sexual assault.
Out of respect and concern for the victim’s privacy and wellbeing, we are not releasing any further details regarding the incidents.
