Gang rape

3 Mar 2013

Many families have their black sheep but few have triggered so much public anger and hostility as the 17-year-old son of celebrity PLA singer Li Shuangjiang being held by police as one of five...

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Public anger over case of son of general accused of rape

25 Feb 2013

Four of the five detained suspects, who are accused of raping a young woman on February 17, are minors, the Beijing Morning Post reported yesterday. This includes Li Guanfeng, son of Li...

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Details emerge on PLA singer's son suspected of gang rape

24 Feb 2013

Li Guanfeng, formerly known as Li Tianyi and the son of PLA Art Academy tenor Li Shuangjiang, 74, is suspected along with four other men of taking a drunken woman to Beijng's Hubei Hotel early...

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South African 17-year-old dies of gang-rape injuries

7 Feb 2013

A 17-year-old South African girl died of injuries inflicted in a gang-rape at the weekend, provoking rare outrage on Wednesday in a country inured to some of the world’s highest levels of sexual...

Gang rape trial yet to reach ‘fast-track’ court

17 Jan 2013

One month after the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus, a promised “fast-track” trial has yet to begin.

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Fresh anger as boyfriend of India gang-rape victim recounts ordeal

Claims of police incompetence and public apathy stirred fresh outrage yesterday in the case of a New Delhi gang-rape victim after her boyfriend recounted witnessing the horrific crime for the...

Briefs, January 2, 2013

Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday told his special envoy to Seoul to work towards improving ties with South Korea, describing it as Tokyo's most important neighbour. Abe plans to...

Indian victim of gang rape and murder had planned to get married

The victim of a gang rape and murder that triggered an outpouring of grief and anger across India was cremated at a private ceremony yesterday as it emerged she was planning to get married in...

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Indian gang-rape victim dies in Singapore hospital

An Indian gang-rape victim died Saturday in Singapore after suffering severe organ failure, the hospital treating her said, in a case that sparked widespread street protests over violence against...

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Indian teenager commits suicide after latest gang-rape outrage

A 17-year-old Indian gang-rape victim has committed suicide after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of her attackers.

Briefs, December 28, 2012

Doctors in Singapore battled yesterday to save the life of an Indian student horrifically injured in a gang-rape after she was dramatically airlifted overnight from a hospital in New Delhi. Medics...