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SINGAPORE – The youngest of four brothers who sexually assaulted their younger sister over at least three years was on July 3 sentenced to nine years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane. The 19 ...
SINGAPORE: A hairstylist who came across an intoxicated university student in Clarke Quay in 2019 took her home, where he committed multiple acts of rape against her in a case the judge called ...
A Singapore court has sentenced a Japanese man to 17.5 years in prison and 20 strokes of the cane for raping and sexually assaulting a woman in 2019, a court document showed, marking the first ...
As of 1 January 2020, there have been laws making it an offence to engage in “doxxing” in Singapore. These doxxing laws are found under the Protection from Harassment Act (POHA), and victims who face harassment due to online vigilantes sharing their personal information can seek redress under them.
A Singapore court has sentenced a Japanese man to jail and caning for the "brutal and cruel" rape of a university student in 2019. The 38-year-old hairdresser, Ikko Kita, is set to be the first Japanese national to be caned in the city state, the Japanese embassy in Singapore told BBC News. He will be caned 20 times and also jailed for 17 and a ...
The Kyodo News Agency cited the Japanese Embassy in Singapore as saying that Kita is set to be the first Japanese person to be sentenced to caning in Singapore. Singaporean law calls for caning male convicts under the age of 50 for a variety of offences including rape, drug trafficking, vandalism and robbery.
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