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WASHINGTON: Nearly one in five American women has been victims of rape or attempted rape at some point in their lives, the Centres for Disease Control (CDC) said Wednesday in a disturbing report on sexual violence in the United States. Releasing the results of a first-ever survey of nearly 10,000 women contacted randomly by telephone in 2010, the federal agency said 18.3 percent of women "have been raped at some time in their lives." That includes "completed forced penetration, attempted forced penetration, or alcohol/drug facilitated completed penetration," it added in an executive summary of the 113-page report posted on its website (www.cdc.gov). Just over half of female rape victims (51.1 percent) said they had been targeted by an "intimate partner" -- a current or former partner or spouse -- and 40.8 percent by an acquaintance. It also found that 1.3 million women had been raped during the year preceding the survey -- a substantially higher number than the 188,380 rapes and sexual assaults cited in a Department of Justice crime survey for 2010. And it revealed that 24.3 percent of women -- and nearly one in seven men -- have suffered "severe physical violence" at the hands of an intimate partner, such as being hit, slammed against a surface, or beaten. "This landmark report paints a clear picture of the devastating impact these violent acts have on the lives of millions of Americans," Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said. In a statement, she said the findings of the ongoing National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey would help the administration of President Barack Obama shape policy to combat domestic violence and sexual abuse. Scott Berkowitz, president of the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, or RAINN, the nation's biggest anti-sexual violence group, said the data on the lifetime risk of rape was "pretty close" to levels seen in previous studies. But he added "it's hard to know what to make" of the yawning difference in the number of rapes in the CDC report and the Department of Justice survey, which is based on a substantially bigger number of respondents. "We really need to look into this more," he told AFP. "But overall, it shows what crime statistics have shown for years -- that this is an enormously violent crime that affects nearly every family in America." The report also touched upon male rape, finding that one in 71 men -- nearly five percent of all American men -- had been raped in their lifetime, based on responses from more than 7,400 men who participated in the survey. More than a quarter of them, or 27.8 percent, said they had been raped before they were 10 years old. The report called sexual and intimate-partner violence a major public health concern, with survivors liable to face everything from actual physical injury to mental illness and gynaecological or pregnancy complications. "These consequences can lead to hospitalisation, disability or death," it said.

Sweeping changes proposed to Singapore Penal Code; attempted suicide to be decriminalised. One of the PCRC’s recommendations the Government took onboard is the decriminalisation of attempted suicide. The release said that most of the respondents to the recommendations agreed that people who attempt suicide should be provided with help rather than be penalised. A minority felt that decriminalising the act is “contrary to the societal view that life is precious”, it added. To this, the Government said the repeal of attempted suicide “does not mean that (it) has shifted its position on the sanctity of life”. “This is reflected through the continued criminalisation of the abetment of attempted suicide, as well as amendments to other legislation to provide the police with the powers to intervene to prevent loss of life or injury in cases of attempted suicide,” the ministries said. Euthanasia, for instance, is still a crime. People who attempt suicide should be helped, not prosecuted In an announcement from the Ministries of Home Affairs and Law, the government said it agrees that people who attempt suicide should be provided with help, instead of being prosecuted as criminals. It acknowledged growing recognition that treatment, rather than prosecution, is the appropriate response to people who attempt to take their own lives. The PCRC highlighted that this has also formed the basis of how the police has handled cases like this thus far. As it is, the rate of prosecution under Section 309 is extremely low, the ministries said, with the police usually referring cases of attempted suicide to a hospital or the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for assessment. Police and SCDF to be better empowered to help As such, the PCRC further proposed several measures to be implemented in conjunction with the repeal of Section 309, to better strengthen the abilities of the police and SCDF to aid such cases. https://mothership.sg/2019/02/attempted-suicide-decriminalised-section-309-repeal/?fbclid=IwAR149Pl7ZKeBbNQTev0OT5N75E9E_y-Fd2WhOgZrconCqYrVyD_K-XjNdCg

saw this article a few days ago but no time to post until today to sum up the case, girl was fought off her drunk rapist. during the struggle, she broke his erected penis before fleeing. she was charged for causing intentional injury to the rapist because rapist was bleeding badly (when she broke his penis) and she didnt call for help or police in time to save the rapist. how ridiculous is this charge?! http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5MDAxMTgyMA%3D%3D&mid=200664719&idx=1&sn=720a38f5fa80beef9f077487bda8ffce&scene=4#rd 女子拒绝强.奸，被判刑3年！难道要我张开双腿迎接你们吗？ 2014-09-18 愤怒者 聆听心语 河南洛阳市一女子因为太漂亮，在被强丨奸时，不主动配合强丨奸,导致强丨奸者生殖器官折断，因失血过多而身亡。昨日洛阳市洛龙区法院审结此案，判决该女子构成过失致死罪，缓刑3年，并赔偿被害人江某家属经济损失8.8万元。 该女子在被施暴时，因不配合强丨奸而导致对方身亡。昨日，洛阳市洛龙区法院审结了这起“不配合强丨奸致死案”。本是健康快乐的宋丽，被判处有期徒刑三年，缓刑三年执行。 洛龙区关林镇一女青年宋丽加完夜班后，单身一人走在回家的路上，被刚吃过宵夜喝过酒的公务员江某盯上，江某按住宋丽的嘴将她拖到树林深处实施强丨奸，宋丽在被强丨奸的过程中没有配合江某，导致江某生殖器官折断，在明知李某喝酒有醉意的情况下，也不及时打120求救，导致江某失血过多而死亡。 洛阳市洛龙区检察院向洛龙区法院提起公诉，指控宋丽犯有故意伤害罪。 公诉机关认为，宋丽明知自己的行为会造成他人身体上的伤害，却放任这种结果的发生，最终造成他人死亡的后果，其行为已构成故意伤害罪。 宋丽的辩护律师认为，宋丽由于天黑加上慌张，没有发现强丨奸者受伤，更重点的是宋丽当时是处女，事后发现身上流的血以为是处女血，在不知道强丨奸者的受伤的情况下，所以错过了救人时间，加上强丨奸者事前服用伟哥（法医鉴定书标明），兴奋过度而忘记了流血，这是强丨奸不慎致死，所以宋丽在主观上并没有故意伤害江某。 法院认为，被告人宋丽应当预见强丨奸者江某可能造成“一日二变”的结果，可宋丽在被奸时因疏忽大意没有预见，导致江某死亡，如果宋丽在被奸后及时报案，***出警也能及时发现李某受务，能及时的抢救过来，但宋丽不相信公共安全专家机关，为自己的名声着想而迟迟不愿报案，宋丽的行为应构成过失致人死亡罪。 另外，鉴于被告人宋丽在案发后认罪态度比较好，同时，被告人积极进行民事赔偿，已取得被害人家属谅解，有悔罪表现，故从轻处罚。 强奸不但无罪，而且变得有理了。被强奸的不但要判刑，而且还要有悔罪表现，才予轻判。以后女人遇上劫色，是不是应该主动配合强奸，在被强奸过程中，还要注意男人的阴茎是否折断，要是折断了还要即时拨打120，免得流血死亡，因被强奸而坐牢，此时你如果也和小编一样感到不公平，请动动小手转发出去，这个没有任何的酬劳，我只是默默的想对手机屏幕或电脑屏幕面前的你轻轻说句：世界需要爱！！！

Read this in Yahoo and unable to open the video of the report as office computer 'locked'..... Anyway, was shocked when reading the 'headline'; yahoo news: Toddler on attempted murder charge Nine-month old boy appears before a court in Pakistan charged with attempted murder. Paul Chapman reports link: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/video/toddler-attempted-murder-charge-053018370.html

This is reported in CNA but here's the video. The girl can be seen crying " NO, NO. I dont know him ......." The public has been urged not to take the law into its own hands after a video widely circulated online showed Chinese men beating a British tourist they suspected of indecently assaulting a woman. Police confirmed on Thursday that a British man had been detained in connection with a reported attack on a woman in Beijing's Xicheng district at 11:20 pm on Tuesday night. He was taken to Xuanwu Hospital for treatment on Tuesday night and transferred to a detention facility on Wednesday. "The investigation is ongoing and further information will be released later," Zhao Feng, a police officer involved with the case, told China Daily. A spokesman for the British embassy in Beijing said the embassy was aware of the incident but had received no request for consular support as of 7:30 pm on Thursday. Edited footage of the alleged assault, which was recorded by a passer-by on a cell phone, was posted online and sparked outrage among Web users. After showing a foreign man standing over a crying Chinese woman and being confronted by a Chinese man, the three-minute video skips to a brawl between the foreigner and Chinese men and then jumps a second time to the foreign man lying unconscious in the road. Many Web users responded to the footage by praising the people who intervened in what police suspect was an indecent assault.

Drunk, crashed into four cars and then still dare to offer kopi money when arrested? Really kena big time.... From CNA: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1155614/1/.html Drunk driver who caused collision jailed for attempted bribery By Alvina Soh | Posted: 26 September 2011 1711 hrs

Feb 16, 2011 Anwar's trial: Medical form states sodomy was 'attempted' KUALA LUMPUR - MOHD Saiful Bukhari Azlan's medical proforma (form) stated that he was subjected to 'attempted' sodomy, the High Court heard on Wednesday. Hospital Kuala Lumpur Emergency Care Specialist Dr Khairul Nizam Hassan, when cross-examined by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's counsel Karpal Singh, agreed that the proforma stated 'attempted' sodomy and 'attempted' oral sex. 'So, there could not have been penetration. It says here, it's attempted,' Karpal said, grilling Dr Khairul on Wednesday. However, Dr Khairul maintained that Mr Saiful never used the word 'attempted' when he was interviewed by the doctors. In the proforma, which was made available to the press on Wednesday, it was also noted that there was 'full penetration', with 30 minutes of coitus. PKR adviser and Datuk Anwar, 63, is on trial for allegedly performing carnal intercourse against the order of nature on Saiful at a condominium unit in Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, between 3.15pm and 4pm on June 26, 2008. -- THE STAR/ANN Attempted but not successful.

Watch out for this !!! http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysi...empted-bribery/ JOHOR BAHARU, May 30

I went to my neigbourhood hardware shop for 10mins with my wife waiting in the car along the sideroad. As this was near the MRT, it was busy with many pedestrians. A man came from behind and attempted the open the driver side car door a few times but luckily my wife had locked the car doors. Being unsuccessful the prepetrator quickly walked away. I was shocked to learn of this incident & had in the past told my wife Sg is v safe. Whew lucky she is a bit KS when it comes to safety, otherwise I am pretty sure this guy would pull out knife or drive away the car. So please do lock all your doors even if you are away for a few minutes and informed your loves ones to always lock the doors. Best to be safe than sorry in these desperate times!

Hi All, I need good advices on what i should do to bring down such errant taxi drivers. Driver of SILVERCAB SHC60XXT attempted to knock me down along the pedestrian crossing at Bideford Road. Crossing from Swenson's Orchard towards Paragon. Here's the story: It was a crowded night, combination of pedestrians and cars. One thing about that junction at bideford road, there is no yellow box at the intersection (the place where u cross from Swenson's Orchard towards Taka.) And now they even have those diagonal crossing for pedestrian and as such, the LT EHH feels that a yellow box is not crucial. So many drivers tend to jam up the road in the centre evenwhen the pedestrians are already crossing at Bideford road, they beat the red light and we pedestrians are unable to cross. I was there around 10+ PM on 29/12/07, green man, so my gf, sister n me crossed the road. One WRX zoomed past the pedestrian almost knocked a boy down. Then come a couple other cars horning and expect pedestrian to give way even when its green man. The cars on the main road that leads towards centrepoint are already horning cos these few idiots are blocking the road and that leads them to drive through the pedestrian crossing. We were already in the middle of the crossing, then the red man light went on. One taxi, instead of understanding and having the courtesy rev his engine and move towards my knees. It was so close till i had to balance myself by slamming my hand on his bonnet. Once i gain momentum, the farker still rev his engine n got the intention to knock me down again by moving a little forward. I was so furious, i moved to the side of the taxi - i fark THAT IDIOT like a mad gorilla shouting vulgarities in front of everyone else for a good 30secs(I was so going crazy, u would the same thing if it happened to u as its that bad!). That IDIOT still got the cheek to point me middle finger before driving away. i so wanted to kick his car door and drag him out. But something tells me that would make matters worst. Well anyway, to cut the story short, i called SILVERCAB hotline to report the incident. They dont have GPS and so they could only get back to me in 2 days. They bringing up the matter to HQ. What should i do next? Report to POLICE (go police post - but report as what? Recklessness?_ or call TP hotline (Do they have a hotline no. for recklessness?) Appreciate your help. Thanks I'm a driver too. Good thing i wasnt knocked down or else, my car windsreeen got to put handicap decal loh (CHOI!). CB Taxi Driver Ah Pek!

Now you guys know why I am always nice and polite to the service staff in AD when I send my car for servicing. http://motoring.asiaone.com.sg/news/20070704_001.html