SINGAPORE - A 20-year-old man accused of raping a young female relative had the rape charge withdrawn in a district court on Friday .
He was released from custody after being in remand for about 11 months after the court gave him a discharge amounting to an acquittal.In a statement, a spokesman for the Attorney-General's Chambers told The Straits Times that the man had been charged with rape for the incident which allegedly took place in 2014, when he was 12 or 13 years old.
According to the spokesman, the prosecution directed the police to withdraw the charge after assessing the facts and circumstances of the case.
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