Man ordered jailed for rape

Man ordered jailed for rape

SINGAPORE (AFP): A Singaporean business executive has been
jailed for eight years and ordered to be caned six strokes by a
local court for raping his Indonesian maid, news reports said
yesterday.

Lam Mun Choon, 45, a father of three sons and a former prison
officer, was convicted of raping the 25-year-old maid in her
bedroom at midnight while his family was asleep in March last
year.

High Court judicial commissioner Amarjeet Singh rejected Lam's
defense that the maid, who is single, had consented to having
sexual intercourse with him.

On the day before the offence, Lam allegedly went into the
maid's room after watching television alone and tried to force
himself on her even though she struggled and said: "Don't. No,
sir," repeatedly.

He did not succeed in raping her that night. But on the
following night, he went to her room and raped her.