SINGAPORE — A father of seven who sexually abused four daughters, raping three of them, and ill-treated a son was sentenced to 33 years, two months jail and 24 strokes of the cane on Friday (18 March).
This includes a seven-month jail term in lieu of 36 strokes of the cane, which cannot be imposed on the man as 24 strokes is the statutory maximum.
Punishments fit social norms, and balanced against social morals, which evolve. Seems weird, to camlne, from west standards. But we punish in some ways that others seem unfit.
It seems a bit weird to punish raping your own daughters less severely than importing cannabis.