{"id":19333,"date":"2024-07-04T14:01:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T14:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=19333"},"modified":"2024-07-04T14:01:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T14:01:32","slug":"singapore-to-cane-japanese-hairdresser-for-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=19333","title":{"rendered":"Singapore to cane Japanese hairdresser for rape"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Singapore court has sentenced a Japanese man to jail and caning for the \u201cbrutal and cruel\u201d rape of a university student in 2019.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

He will be caned 20 times and also jailed for 17 and a half years.<\/p>\n

Caning is a controversial but widely used form of corporal punishment in Singapore, and is compulsory for offences like vandalism, robbery and drug trafficking.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, Kita met the woman at Clarke Quay, a popular nightlife district, in December 2019.<\/p>\n

The woman, who was then 20, had not known Kita before. She was intoxicated when he took her to his flat and raped her.<\/p>\n

He also filmed the act on his mobile phone and later sent it to a friend.<\/p>\n

The victim managed to leave the apartment afterwards and reported the rape to police later that day.<\/p>\n

The court had described the rape as \u201cbrutal and cruel\u201d<\/p>\n

Kita was arrested on the same day and has been in police custody since.<\/p>\n

Police found two videos of the rape on his mobile phone.<\/p>\n

Justice Aedit Abdullah called the assault \u201cbrutal and cruel\u201d, adding that the victim was \u201cvulnerable, clearly drunk, and incapable of looking after herself\u201d.<\/p>\n

The judge also dismissed the defence\u2019s argument that the victim had allegedly given an initial indication of consent to sex.<\/p>\n

The sentencing has been widely reported in Japan and has also been trending on social media.<\/p>\n

Some users have expressed shock at the use of caning in modern Singapore, though there have also been some celebrating the sentence.<\/p>\n

One said that \u201cin Japan, when it comes to sexual assault, society and the police make victims feel guilty, and the punishment is far too lenient\u201d.<\/p>\n

Singapore says caning acts as a deterrent to violent crime, though some rights groups say there is no clear evidence of this.<\/p>\n

Caning in Singapore involves being struck with a wooden stick on the back of the thigh, which can leave permanent scars.<\/p>\n

According to rights group the Transformative Justice Collective, the cane measures about 1.5m (4.9ft) and is not more than 1.27cm in diameter.<\/p>\n

The practice drew international attention in 1994 when 19-year-old US citizen Michael Fay was given six strokes of the cane for vandalism.<\/p>\n

Despite an appeal from US President Bill Clinton, Singapore authorities went ahead with the caning but gave Fay a reduced number of strokes.<\/p>

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