Singapore imposes corporal punishment on sex offenders: Why Korean man escaped attempted non-consensual sex

A Japanese man in his 30s on trial in Singapore on suspicion of sexual assault has been sentenced to corporal punishment, while a Korean man in his 50s facing similar charges in May this year was spared corporal punishment.
According to TV Asahi and other sources on the 10th, when the woman, who he met for the first time in Singapore in December 2019, became drunk, he took her to his accommodation and sexually assaulted her, filming the crime on his mobile phone.
A Japanese man, A (38), who is suspected of shadowing a woman, has given up on appealing. In July, A was sentenced to 17 years and six months in prison and 20 strokes of the hammer by a Singaporean court.
According to Singapore media, including CNA, on May 13, he was accused of attempting to sexually assault a female resident at an apartment complex's swimming pool.
A Korean man, Cho (51), who was arrested on suspicion of theft, was sentenced to eight years and four and a half months in prison. At the time of the incident, Cho was working as an engineer at a local subsidiary of a major Korean company and was on a short-term visa.
He was staying in Singapore. In Singapore, the crime of attempted non-consensual intercourse can carry a maximum sentence of imprisonment, a fine, and corporal punishment. Cho was over 50 years old, so corporal punishment was not applied.
The Singaporean authorities, who have made it mandatory to sentence men between the ages of 16 and 50 to corporal punishment for crimes including attempted non-consensual sexual intercourse, vandalism of public property, robbery, and drug smuggling, have argued that corporal punishment deters violent crimes.
However, some human rights groups claim that there is no clear basis for this. The lawyer for suspect A said, "According to people who have actually received corporal punishment, they have significant scars after the execution, and it takes about 1-2 hours to complete the punishment."
I'll have to sleep face down for about two months." In 1994, American Michael Pei, then 19 years old, was killed in a car crash in Singapore.
He was charged with vandalism and sentenced to six corporal punishment, and even former President Bill Clinton tried to stop it, but the sentence was carried out anyway.
Corporal punishment is carried out in the presence of a doctor, who must observe the movements of the person being punished, while the criminal is tied to a cage with his or her buttocks exposed.
Depending on the circumstances, the decision can be made to discontinue corporal punishment. After the execution, the prisoner is given treatment such as applying medicine, and then sent back to the prison. The person who carries out corporal punishment is not a prison officer, but a martial arts expert, and carries out a 1.5m long, 1.5m in diameter.
The stick is no longer than 27cm long and is swung down at speeds of up to 160km/h after a running start, so even a single swing can be powerful enough to cause problems with physical activity.