Activists in Singapore warned that sexual harassment and assaults against women are not being taken seriously enough in the country, after students at elite universities were given punishments criticised as too lenient for their crimes.
In the most recent incident, a 23-year-old spent just 12 days behind bars after he tried to strangle his ex-girlfriend during a vicious assault.
There are also concerns the academic potential of male perpetrators is being prioritised over the actual effect of sex crimes on women. In July, Yin Zi Qin, a dentistry student at NUS, was jailed for less than two weeks and asked to conduct 80 hours of community service despite pleading guilty to strangling his ex-girlfriend and pressing his thumb into her eye until she lost consciousness.
"Because he's a medical student and a future doctor?... Go ahead do more of wrist slapping," said netizen Huew Lim. "Rehabilitation is important but this should not depend on the educational status of the perpetrator," AWARE executive director Corinna Lim adds. Vanessa who runs Instagram account upand.out, which aims to empower youth, says the system must treat everyone equally.
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