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Doctor accused of raping patient goes on trial

May 1, 2018 Asia12345Doctor, molesting, Rape, Singapore, Wee Teong Boo1 Comment

SINGAPORE: A doctor who was attending to his regular female patient allegedly raped her after she had gone to him complaining of an itch in her genitals and frequent urination. The victim testified in a closed-door hearing on the opening day of the trial on Monday (Apr 30). Wee Teong Boo, 67, is accused of committing the offence while examining the victim, who cannot be named due to a gag order. In their opening address, Deputy Public Prosecutors Sharmila Sripathy-Shanaz, Amanda Chong and Chew Xin Ying said that on Dec 30, 2015, the victim, who…

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Repeat sex offender given stiffer sentence after molesting woman two months after release

December 15, 2017December 15, 2017 Asia12345canned, Changi General Hospital, Jailed, Rape, Razali Abdullah, Singapore0 comment

SINGAPORE – A recalcitrant sex offender, who has a history of trespassing into women’s toilets to molest his victims, was just released from prison in May before going back to his old ways two months later. Stall assistant Razali Abdullah, 32, was sentenced to 10 years’ preventive detention with three strokes of the cane on Friday (Dec 15). On Nov 24, he pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and outraging a woman’s modesty. Before these current offences, Razali had been in and out jail four times since 2003. Three of these…

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Man who abducted and raped drunk intern gets 13½ years’ jail, 12 strokes of the cane

November 14, 2017 Asia12345caning, Hume Heights, Jailed, Ong Soon Heng, Rape, Singapore0 comment

SINGAPORE – A 40-year-old man who drove a drunk woman back to his home from nightspot Zouk and raped her while she was passed out was on Monday (Nov 13) sentenced to 13½ years’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane. Ong Soon Heng is appealing against his conviction and sentence. He was convicted in July of abducting and raping the then 22-year-old undergraduate, who was an intern in his friend’s company, in the early hours of July 24, 2014. Surveillance footage showed Ong hauling the woman’s limp body over his shoulder at…

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Britons rape trial: Second accused also says woman consented to sex

August 4, 2017 Asia12345Btiton, Deputy Public Prosecutor, G Kannan, Mr Ahn, Rape, Richard Ahn, Singapore0 comment

SINGAPORE: The second of three British men accused of gang-raping a Malaysian woman at Carlton Hotel in Singapore last year said the 22-year-old did not resist. In fact, “she was very sexually aroused”, Vu Thai Son said in a statement to police on Sep 11, 2016 read out in court on Friday (Aug 4). Vu, 24, said he had gone into his friend Richard Ahn’s room to brush his teeth. CCTV footage showed Vu entering the room at about 4.25am. According to Vu, the woman had asked him “what (are)…

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India court hears 10-year-old rape victim’s abortion plea

July 24, 2017 Asia12345abortion, BBC, Geeta Pandey, India, Rape0 comment

India’s Supreme Court has ordered doctors to examine a pregnant 10-year-old rape victim whose parents want permission for her to abort her baby. The child is reported to be 26 weeks pregnant and doctors say her body is not developed enough to carry a baby. Indian law does not allow terminations after 20 weeks unless doctors confirm the mother’s life is in danger. The girl alleges she was raped several times in the past seven months by her uncle, who has been arrested. Her pregnancy was only recently discovered when…

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Thai court charges disgraced ‘jet-set monk’ with rape

July 20, 2017 Asia12345Buddhism, Dennis Muhammad Abdullah, Dhammakaya temple, Extradited, Monk, Rape, Sex, smart ID cards0 comment

BANGKOK: A Thai court charged a disgraced former monk on Thursday (Jul 20) with the rape of an underage girl, fraud and money laundering, after he was extradited from the United States. Thailand is an overwhelmingly Buddhist nation with around 300,000 men in orange robes, but the clergy are beset by high-profile scandals. Wiraphon Sukphon, 37, was arrested on arrival at Bangkok’s main airport late Wednesday from the US where he established an unofficial Buddhist teaching centre after fleeing Thailand in 2013. He faces a total of five charges, including…

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Construction supervisor gets 11 years’ jail, 9 strokes for rape 

July 20, 2017 Asia12345canned, China, Hossain Anowar, jailes, Rape, Singapore0 comment

A woman who had never left China was looking forward to her very first overseas holiday – to be with her husband who was working here. But nine days into her stay, the 44-year-old was raped by a co-tenant, a Bangladeshi construction supervisor. Yesterday, Hossain Anowar, 32, was sentenced to 11 years’ jail and nine strokes of the cane for raping her on Feb 29 last year. He initially denied it, claiming he had paid for sex. But on the second day of trial, he pleaded guilty after she was cross-examined.…

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Man jailed, caned for attempted rape of tourist at Choa Chu Kang Park

July 11, 2017July 11, 2017 Asia12345Choa Chu Kang Park, Indonesian, Rape, rosecutor Sruthi Boppana, Singapore, the cane0 comment

SINGAPORE: She said “no” and put up a struggle, but Indian national Daler Singh paid no mind to the victim’s pleas. He pinned her to the ground and forced himself on her. The 29-year-old Indonesian tourist could not escape, but managed to stop Singh from raping her by covering her private parts with her hands. Singh, a construction worker, was sentenced to four years and nine months’ jail and four strokes of the cane on Tuesday (Jul 11) for attempted rape. The victim, who used to work in Singapore as…

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MacRitchie Reservoir rape: Construction worker gets 17 years’ jail for raping hiker

May 19, 2017May 19, 2017 Asia12345Rape, Singapore0 comment

SINGAPORE: Bangladeshi construction worker Pramanik Liton was on Friday (May 19) sentenced to 17 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane for raping a hiker at MacRitchie Reservoir Park in 2015. Liton, 24, was convicted of four charges, including two counts of aggravated rape, one count of sexual assault by penetration and one count of abduction for illicit intercourse. Another two charges were taken into consideration. Prosecutors had sought a jail term of at least 20 years and 24 strokes. The construction worker had left his dormitory on the morning…

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India convicts police, doctors in gangrape case during Gujarat riots when Modi was chief

May 5, 2017May 5, 2017 Asia12345Convicted, Doctor, India, Police, Rape0 comment

MUMBAI (AFP) – An Indian court on Thursday (May 4) convicted five police officers and two doctors of tampering with evidence in the gang rape of a pregnant woman and the murder of her family during one of the worst incidents of religious unrest since independence. Ms Bilkis Bano was gang raped and seven of her relatives were killed during religious riots that broke out in the western state of Gujarat in 2002. At least 2,000 Muslims were hacked, beaten, shot or burnt to death in the violence, which erupted…