S'pore student on HK exchange stint gang-raped

Source: http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20100706-225403.html

[Above: Lan Kwai Fong, in the Central district, where the Singaporean undergrad met her attackers in a bar. ]

A SINGAPOREAN undergraduate was gang-raped last month while on an exchange programme in Hong Kong, Hong Kong newspaper Sing Tao Daily reported on Sunday.

The Hong Kong police have arrested a man in connection with the crime, and are looking for two others who are believed to have been involved.


The woman, 22, had gone alone to a bar in Lan Kwai Fong, an area in the Central district with many bars and restaurants, and had become drunk.

Three Nepalese men who worked in the bar - two of whom are believed to be brothers - approached her and invited her to a party on a yacht.

She accepted their invitation, and they took her to a yacht in the Causeway Bay area, where they took turns to rape her, for a total of six times.

The men had left by the time she woke up the following morning.

She made a police report, and was taken to hospital for an examination.

Police in Hong Kong have classified the case as rape, the newspaper said.

Police identified the three men, after visiting the bar and the yacht and reviewing the bar's closed-circuit television footage, and arrested one of the men near Lan Kwai Fong.

Reflections:

After reading the article, i feel sorry for the lady. At the same time, i think that the lady is really silly and foolish. First, as an exchange student who is still infamiliar with the place/country, she shouldnt have gone to the bar, ALONE. The bar is not exactly the safest place to be at night. Second, she shouldnt have drank so much since she was alone. Even if she had reasons to drink (exp: she's troubled), she shouldnt have made herself drunk. Thirdly, she shouldnt have talked to the 2 Nepalese guys when they approached her. 'Dont talk to strangers when you're drunk'. Lastly, she shouldnt have accepted the invitation to the yatch party. As an adult, she is suppose to know that, Bar + Guys from the bar + drunk girl + Night + party on a yatch = something fishy. Yes, she could be half unconscious and senseless because she was drunk but she shouldnt even have made herself drunk to start with.
But all in all, i feel terribliy sorry for the lady for being raped six times. The article would serve as an example and warning for girls/ young adults (ladies) not to go to the bar alone or even accept invites from strangers.

KAHMIN