Rape is a serious offence in any country.
As calls gather momentum for the government to investigate the cabinet minister allegedly responsible for raping his Indonesian maid, elsewhere justice is served.
Former Israeli president Motsave Katsav, 65, has been found guilty of two counts of raping an employee in 1998 when he was Israel's tourism minister and is expected to serve a jail sentence between four to 16 years. The judge rejected Katsav's defence of political witch-hunt and said his version of events was “strewn with lies” and also convicted him of lesser counts of indecent acts: sexual harassment involving two other women who worked for him when he was president from 2000 to 2007, and obstruction of justice.
As calls gather momentum for the government to investigate the cabinet minister allegedly responsible for raping his Indonesian maid, elsewhere justice is served.
Former Israeli president Motsave Katsav, 65, has been found guilty of two counts of raping an employee in 1998 when he was Israel's tourism minister and is expected to serve a jail sentence between four to 16 years. The judge rejected Katsav's defence of political witch-hunt and said his version of events was “strewn with lies” and also convicted him of lesser counts of indecent acts: sexual harassment involving two other women who worked for him when he was president from 2000 to 2007, and obstruction of justice.
The verdict is a victory for the legal system and democracy in Israel.
In Malaysia, there is urgent need to help rape victims, especially foreign workers who often have to endure insensitive and painful police procedures, not to mention the trauma in court.
An online blog has named the minister who must now sue for defamation or be damned.
An online blog has named the minister who must now sue for defamation or be damned.
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