Vancouver – A Vancouver doctor has been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting two teenaged patients, following an investigation by the Vancouver Police Department that began nearly three years ago.

Police are now asking anyone else who had contact with the doctor to come forward if they want to report a crime.

“It is always a personal decision for anyone to come forward and report a sexual assault. We understand, for some, that decision may take time,” says VPD Investigation Division Superintendent Dale Weidman.

“We want to assure everyone that if you do come forward, you will be met with care and compassion, and you will receive trauma-informed support throughout the investigative process.”

Vancouver Police initiated an investigation in March 2023, after learning that a 17-year-old girl had allegedly been sexually assaulted by a doctor while visiting a medical clinic in Chinatown. The alleged offences occurred over a number of years.

During that investigation, VPD learned of an alleged 2015 sexual assault by the same doctor involving a 14-year-old girl who visited a medical clinic in Burnaby.

For more than two years, VPD investigators gathered and reviewed evidence from both cases. On November 28, 2025, the BC Prosecution Service charged Herman Hau Man Lee, 65, with

  • one count of sexual assault and one count of sexual interference, for offences that allegedly occurred in Burnaby in December 2015, and
  • and one count each of sexual assault, sexual interference, and sexual exploitation for offences that allegedly occurred in Vancouver between May 2018 and December 2022

Lee, a Vancouver resident, is currently on bail. As a condition of bail, he is not permitted to medically treat anyone under age 16 without another adult present.

He is still a practicing physician in B.C.

Police believe there may be people who have interacted with Lee who have not come forward to police, and encourage anyone wishing to report a crime to contact the Vancouver Police Sex Crimes Unit at 604-717-0602.

For more information about how to report a sexual assault, or to obtain additional resources for sex assault survivors, click here.