Reported by Today Online on 1 April 2020 A 28-year-old man (‘the Accused’) was jailed for 11 months on 1 April after pleading guilty to one count of outrage of modesty and one count of criminal trespass. The victim was his neighbour’s 30-year-old domestic helper who hailed from Myanmar (‘the Victim’). The incident, which occurred …
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Although married persons have conjugal rights over each other, such rights should be exercised within reasonable behaviour. An act of molestation is considered an outrage of modesty. There is no marital immunity and outrage of modesty is currently criminalised under section 354 of the Penal Code, which reads as: “Whoever assaults or uses criminal force …
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