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I have to agree whole heartedly. The Bollywood dance is a hybrid of Michael Jackson's own creation. They steal our National Day song and called it their own. They copied our Sport's school logo without the decency to explain to Singapore. They copied our job resume (thru opening fake vacancies), replaced our name with theirs and then called it their experiences. They steal almost everything that is Singapore and Singaporeans which exposed their true color. These shit people are not talented by scammers.
Sadly….ur right. They are also very disrespectful to women, and their big ego will not be able to handle it when their advances are rejected. They will have no qualms to go extremely low in human behavior n seek revenge when they could not get what they wanted.
Lying and cheating culture
Work pass holders get jail for submitting false degree qualifications
Manav Bharti University campus. (Photo: Facebook / Manav Bharti University)
By Chew Hui Min
27 Jul 2021
SINGAPORE: Two Indian nationals have been jailed for submitting false qualifications to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in their work pass applications, the ministry said on Tuesday (Jul 27).
Bailwal Sunil Dutt was sentenced to one week's jail while Sutradhar Bijoy got a sentence of four weeks on Tuesday.
Their work passes have been revoked and they are now permanently barred from working in Singapore, said MOM.
In addition, MOM has charged one other work pass holder, Bhandare Raghavendra, also an Indian national, for the same offence.
From February, MOM conducted investigations into 23 foreigners who had declared qualifications from Manav Bharti University (MBU) in their work pass applications.
MOM said that among the remaining individuals, 19 will be permanently barred from future employment in Singapore while further investigation is ongoing for one person.
The probe in Singapore began after MOM was alerted that the Indian Government was investigating MBU for selling fake degrees. MBU is an accredited institution that was set up by the Indian Government in 2009 and had issued genuine degrees, said MOM.
The two who were convicted were employed as a cook and an assistant warehouse manager in Singapore.
THE TWO CONVICTED
Dutt applied for an S Pass in December 2020 to be employed by the restaurant Al Capone’s as a cook. In his application, he stated that he had a bachelor’s degree in arts from MBU.
Bijoy made a similar declaration in his application in 2015 for an S Pass to be employed by Lye M S Trading as an assistant warehouse manager.
According to court documents, Dutt was initially enrolled in Hemwati Nandan Bhaguna University in 2010 but dropped out due to financial difficulties.
Later, an acquaintance who was said to be a staff member in MBU told him that he could obtain a degree qualification from MBU by simply paying a certain sum of money without needing to attend classes.
Between 2011 and 2013, he paid 3,000 rupees (about S$55) every six months to the acquaintance who would pay MBU on Dutt’s behalf. He was given a degree certificate sometime in 2013, accompanied by various academic transcripts.
Bijoy was told that if he wanted a higher salary in Singapore, he would need a degree qualification. Through an agent, he obtained a forged MBU degree certificate for 40,000 rupees (about S$730).
Sometime in late 2014, Bijoy received a degree certificate dated Sep 28, 2008 along with academic transcripts showing that he had attended MBU between 2006 and 2008.
He then applied for the job in Singapore with the fake qualifications. Late last year, he made the false declaration again in a renewal application for his job as an assistant warehouse manager.
He was paid monthly salaries of between S$2,600 and S$3,000 while working in Singapore.
8 FOREIGNERS PROSECUTED A YEAR
MOM said it will continue to take firm measures to safeguard the integrity of the work pass framework.
False declarations of any sort is an offence under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. The offence carries a fine of up to S$20,000, up to two years’ imprisonment, or both.
Offenders will also have their work passes revoked and be permanently barred from employment in Singapore.
In the last five years, MOM detected and permanently barred an average of 660 foreigners per year from employment in Singapore for submitting fake education qualifications in their work pass applications. Over the same period, an average of eight foreigners per year were prosecuted for such offences.
MOM said that employers have the primary responsibility to ensure the authenticity and quality of the academic qualifications of the candidates they wish to hire.
"While the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) conducts risk-based checks on qualifications submitted for work pass applications, it is difficult to detect institutions such as Manav Bharti University which are approved by the foreign government’s authorities and issuing genuine degrees while selling fakes," a spokesperson said.
"Nevertheless, MOM regularly reviews and strengthens measures to maintain the integrity of our work pass framework. Firm action will be taken against individuals who attempt to circumvent the system."
As an additional safeguard, MOM also screens qualifications submitted in support of work pass applications through a database of institutions.
People submitting work pass applications that are of a higher risk, such as those supported by qualifications from institutions not found in the database or are picked up by data analytics, are required to provide verification proof from a third-party screening organisation.
When MOM detects a false qualification, it rejects the application and permanently bars the foreigner from employment in Singapore.
MOM said it is reviewing its list of approved verification service providers and the need for more employers to submit verification proof of qualifications in support of work pass applications.
Work pass holders get jail for submitting false degree qualifications
Manav Bharti University campus. (Photo: Facebook / Manav Bharti University)
By Chew Hui Min
27 Jul 2021
SINGAPORE: Two Indian nationals have been jailed for submitting false qualifications to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in their work pass applications, the ministry said on Tuesday (Jul 27).
Bailwal Sunil Dutt was sentenced to one week's jail while Sutradhar Bijoy got a sentence of four weeks on Tuesday.
Their work passes have been revoked and they are now permanently barred from working in Singapore, said MOM.
In addition, MOM has charged one other work pass holder, Bhandare Raghavendra, also an Indian national, for the same offence.
From February, MOM conducted investigations into 23 foreigners who had declared qualifications from Manav Bharti University (MBU) in their work pass applications.
MOM said that among the remaining individuals, 19 will be permanently barred from future employment in Singapore while further investigation is ongoing for one person.
The probe in Singapore began after MOM was alerted that the Indian Government was investigating MBU for selling fake degrees. MBU is an accredited institution that was set up by the Indian Government in 2009 and had issued genuine degrees, said MOM.
The two who were convicted were employed as a cook and an assistant warehouse manager in Singapore.
THE TWO CONVICTED
Dutt applied for an S Pass in December 2020 to be employed by the restaurant Al Capone’s as a cook. In his application, he stated that he had a bachelor’s degree in arts from MBU.
Bijoy made a similar declaration in his application in 2015 for an S Pass to be employed by Lye M S Trading as an assistant warehouse manager.
According to court documents, Dutt was initially enrolled in Hemwati Nandan Bhaguna University in 2010 but dropped out due to financial difficulties.
Later, an acquaintance who was said to be a staff member in MBU told him that he could obtain a degree qualification from MBU by simply paying a certain sum of money without needing to attend classes.
Between 2011 and 2013, he paid 3,000 rupees (about S$55) every six months to the acquaintance who would pay MBU on Dutt’s behalf. He was given a degree certificate sometime in 2013, accompanied by various academic transcripts.
Bijoy was told that if he wanted a higher salary in Singapore, he would need a degree qualification. Through an agent, he obtained a forged MBU degree certificate for 40,000 rupees (about S$730).
Sometime in late 2014, Bijoy received a degree certificate dated Sep 28, 2008 along with academic transcripts showing that he had attended MBU between 2006 and 2008.
He then applied for the job in Singapore with the fake qualifications. Late last year, he made the false declaration again in a renewal application for his job as an assistant warehouse manager.
He was paid monthly salaries of between S$2,600 and S$3,000 while working in Singapore.
8 FOREIGNERS PROSECUTED A YEAR
MOM said it will continue to take firm measures to safeguard the integrity of the work pass framework.
False declarations of any sort is an offence under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. The offence carries a fine of up to S$20,000, up to two years’ imprisonment, or both.
Offenders will also have their work passes revoked and be permanently barred from employment in Singapore.
In the last five years, MOM detected and permanently barred an average of 660 foreigners per year from employment in Singapore for submitting fake education qualifications in their work pass applications. Over the same period, an average of eight foreigners per year were prosecuted for such offences.
MOM said that employers have the primary responsibility to ensure the authenticity and quality of the academic qualifications of the candidates they wish to hire.
"While the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) conducts risk-based checks on qualifications submitted for work pass applications, it is difficult to detect institutions such as Manav Bharti University which are approved by the foreign government’s authorities and issuing genuine degrees while selling fakes," a spokesperson said.
"Nevertheless, MOM regularly reviews and strengthens measures to maintain the integrity of our work pass framework. Firm action will be taken against individuals who attempt to circumvent the system."
As an additional safeguard, MOM also screens qualifications submitted in support of work pass applications through a database of institutions.
People submitting work pass applications that are of a higher risk, such as those supported by qualifications from institutions not found in the database or are picked up by data analytics, are required to provide verification proof from a third-party screening organisation.
When MOM detects a false qualification, it rejects the application and permanently bars the foreigner from employment in Singapore.
MOM said it is reviewing its list of approved verification service providers and the need for more employers to submit verification proof of qualifications in support of work pass applications.
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Dominic Low
Jul 28, 2021
SINGAPORE - A 35-year-old worker drove a forklift at a high speed, causing an accident and seriously injuring another man.
It turned out that Mamun AL was not trained in operating a forklift. After the accident, he submitted a forged certificate stating that he was qualified to do so.
The Bangladeshi national was jailed for 45 weeks after pleading guilty to one count each of recklessly doing an act which endangered the safety of others, and of using a forged certificate. He was sentenced on Wednesday (July 28).
Mamun was employed by QFC Construction when the accident occurred on Jan 18, 2018.
The company was then carrying out addition and alteration works to a building at 11 Tuas Avenue 10. Mamun was appointed as a safety supervisor at the worksite.
The victim, Mr Chia Kok Kheong, had driven a lorry with sanitary materials to the worksite. He was employed by another company as a delivery driver.
Intending to unload the materials on the lorry, Mamun raised the mast of the forklift he was operating and drove towards the lorry's right side, where Mr Chia was standing.
But the worker could not see the victim because of the forklift's raised mast.
And he was unable to stop in time when he eventually spotted Mr Chia as he was driving too fast.
The forklift hit Mr Chia and pinned him against the lorry's side.
The court head that the victim suffered multiple injuries, including fractures to his ribs and pelvis.
Investigations revealed that Mamun had not attended any training to operate a forklift. He had instead obtained a forged certificate, stating that he had undergone such training by a company named Quality Safe Academicin November 2017.
Mamun submitted the forged certificate to his employer after the company received a request for his training records from the officer investigating the accident.
During an interview with the investigating officer on April 11, 2018, he initially maintained that he had legitimately obtained the document.
But he later admitted to buying the forged certificate after he was told that Quality Safe Academic had confirmed it had never conducted such training.
For a reckless act which endangered the safety of others, Mamun could have been jailed for up to two years, or fined up to $200,000, or both.
He could also have been jailed for up to six months, or fined up to $5,000, or both, for using a forged certificate.
Jail for worker who injured another while driving forklift, then submitted fake training certificate
Dominic Low
Jul 28, 2021
SINGAPORE - A 35-year-old worker drove a forklift at a high speed, causing an accident and seriously injuring another man.
It turned out that Mamun AL was not trained in operating a forklift. After the accident, he submitted a forged certificate stating that he was qualified to do so.
The Bangladeshi national was jailed for 45 weeks after pleading guilty to one count each of recklessly doing an act which endangered the safety of others, and of using a forged certificate. He was sentenced on Wednesday (July 28).
Mamun was employed by QFC Construction when the accident occurred on Jan 18, 2018.
The company was then carrying out addition and alteration works to a building at 11 Tuas Avenue 10. Mamun was appointed as a safety supervisor at the worksite.
The victim, Mr Chia Kok Kheong, had driven a lorry with sanitary materials to the worksite. He was employed by another company as a delivery driver.
Intending to unload the materials on the lorry, Mamun raised the mast of the forklift he was operating and drove towards the lorry's right side, where Mr Chia was standing.
But the worker could not see the victim because of the forklift's raised mast.
And he was unable to stop in time when he eventually spotted Mr Chia as he was driving too fast.
The forklift hit Mr Chia and pinned him against the lorry's side.
The court head that the victim suffered multiple injuries, including fractures to his ribs and pelvis.
Investigations revealed that Mamun had not attended any training to operate a forklift. He had instead obtained a forged certificate, stating that he had undergone such training by a company named Quality Safe Academicin November 2017.
Mamun submitted the forged certificate to his employer after the company received a request for his training records from the officer investigating the accident.
During an interview with the investigating officer on April 11, 2018, he initially maintained that he had legitimately obtained the document.
But he later admitted to buying the forged certificate after he was told that Quality Safe Academic had confirmed it had never conducted such training.
For a reckless act which endangered the safety of others, Mamun could have been jailed for up to two years, or fined up to $200,000, or both.
He could also have been jailed for up to six months, or fined up to $5,000, or both, for using a forged certificate.
YOU CANT EXPECT LUV AFTER ALL CECA HAS DONE TO SG FABRIC..................FURTHERMORE WHICH CHINESE FAMILITY CAN LIVE WITH YEENDIAN?
IT IS LANDLORD'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE ... IF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN
THEY ARE NOT QUALIFIED YET ENJOYING SUPER PAY IN CHANGI BIZ HUB, MBFC.........AND DBS/POSB/STAND CHART FULL OF YEENDIAN WORMS
Sounds like the tyranny of the minority to me ..Can give your opinions on race as long as it is not offensive.
S'pore's approach in prohibiting offensive speech but not sharing of opinions on race, protects minorities: Shanmugam
The approach gives greater protection for minorities by making it safe for them to speak about their experiences, said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam.PHOTO: ST FILE
Hariz Baharudin
JUL 5, 2021
SINGAPORE - Singapore's approach, in strictly prohibiting offensive speech on race, but not the sharing of opinions on these matters, gives greater protection for minorities by making it safe for them to speak about their experiences, said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam on Monday (July 5).
He added that if racially offensive speech by all is tolerated or allowed, it can be expected that more of such speech will be directed towards minority communities, who will then bear the brunt of it.
Mr Shanmugam was replying to Ms Raeesah Khan (Sengkang GRC), who had asked if laws against racist hate speech here are consistent with recommendations by the United Nations that state how measures to combat racist speech should not be used as a pretext to curtail expressions of protest.
Singapore's laws against racist hate and offensive speech are consistent with these recommendations, said the minister.
He said that under the Penal Code, it is an offence to commit acts that deliberately wound the racial feelings of any person, promote enmity between different racial groups, or conduct acts that are prejudicial to the maintenance of racial harmony.
"These laws apply equally to everyone, regardless of race," said Mr Shanmugam. He shared two incidents when such laws were used.
In the first, in January 2019, a Chinese man was charged under the Penal Code for deliberately intending to wound the racial feelings of the Malay population. The man had scrawled racist messages about Malays on walls in void decks and sheltered walkways in Geylang and Aljunied.
In the second, in June 2020, a Malay man who used a Twitter account with a Chinese name "@sharonliew86" to make racist remarks against people of different races was similarly charged.
While noting that a significant amount of discussion, commentary and sharing of experiences on race takes place, Mr Shanmugam said that Singapore takes a strict approach to offensive speech and hate speech.
This approach applies equally to all, regardless of majority or minority, which he said gives greater protection for minorities by making it safe for them to speak about their experiences, and to give their views.
Should racially offensive speech be tolerated or allowed, more of such speech will likely be directed towards minority communities, added Mr Shanmugam.
"That will ironically reduce the safe space for discussion of such issues, and increase minority community concerns for safety and security. These are not hypotheticals. This is what has happened in several other countries," he said.
"We need to be careful about changing what has worked reasonably well in Singapore (though it is not perfect), and replacing it with policies which have not worked so well, in other places."
In his reply, Mr Shanmugam also noted that the UN recommendations have similarly taken the view that the protection of people from racist hate speech is not incompatible and is not "simply one of opposition" against the freedom of expression.
The minister added that is not clear in Ms Raeesah's question if she is suggesting that whenever anyone claims to be protesting against "injustice, expressing social discontent, or speaking in opposition", they should be exempted from the Penal Code and be allowed to engage in hate or offensive speech.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has invited her to clarify this, said Mr Shanmugam.
Yes, they take away the opportunities meant for Singaporeans. In case of any war/disasters in Singapore; it is the locals that will fight for Singapore. These CECAs will run back to their country and abandon Singapore.
Already they are stealing our ideas, songs, taking our opportunities with fake degrees. Are they doing better jobs than Singaporeans? No. They are generally dishonest and incompetent; always copying others and produce a lower/ unoriginal (copied) quality of work. The only thing better than Singaporeans is that they are willing to ‘pretend’ to work hard with their willingness to do overtime work.
Plus, they are changing our social demographics with their bad culture. Our women - daughters, nieces, wives will be treated to how they treat their women back in India.
Because their CECA CEO decide how much their CECA staff get paid. Mostly, exorbitantly without justification. Thus, the CECA-indians have the self-entited mentality and will not go for anything less than Singaporeans' average salary.
Protests as 9-year-old girl raped, killed in India's capital
Aug 4, 2021
NEW DELHI (AFP) - The alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl sparked a third day of protests in India's capital on Tuesday (Aug 3), in the latest case to spotlight the country's high levels of sexual violence.
Hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets in New Delhi, holding banners reading "give justice to the little girl" and demanding the death penalty for the four men accused of the crime.
The 200 million-strong lowest caste Dalit community has long faced discrimination and abuse in India, with attacks increasing since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted on Tuesday that the alleged attack was "barbaric" and "shameful".
"There is a need to improve the law and order situation in Delhi," he wrote, adding that he would meet with the girl's family on Wednesday.
Opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted on Tuesday that "a Dalit's daughter is also the daughter of the country".
The girl's family told local media she was cremated without their consent and feared she was assaulted by a priest and three crematorium workers.She had gone to the crematorium, which is located near the family's home in south-west Delhi, to fetch water on Sunday.
The four men allegedly called her mother to the crematorium and told her the girl had been electrocuted.
Her mother was told that if she reported the incident to the police, doctors conducting an autopsy would remove her organs and sell them, Deputy Commissioner of Police for south-west Delhi, Ingit Pratap Singh, told the Hindustan Times.
The child's body was then cremated, Singh added.
The four were later arrested by police and charged with rape and murder, the newspaper reported.
An average of nearly 90 rapes of girls and women were reported in the nation of 1.3 billion every day in 2019, according to data by the National Crime Records Bureau.
But large numbers of sexual assaults are thought to go unreported.
Last year, the death of a 19-year-old woman from her injuries after being allegedly raped by four upper-caste men in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh sparked outrage across the country and triggered days of protests.
High-profile rape acquittal in India sparks criticisms over stereotyping of victims
Mr Tarun Tejpal was accused of raping, wrongfully confining and sexually harassing the woman.PHOTO: AFP
Nirmala Ganapathy
India Bureau Chief
JUN 19, 2021
NEW DELHI - When a young female journalist accused well-known publisher and journalist Tarun Tejpal of rape and sexual harassment in 2013, it was a sensational case that grabbed headlines not just in India but internationally as well.
Mr Tejpal was the founder of Tehelka Magazine, where he encouraged investigations based on sting operations, including one that led to the resignation in 2001 of a defence minister.
He was once named one of Asiaweek Asia's 50 most powerful communicators and was behind the publication of writer Arundhati Roy's The God Of Small Things, which won a Booker Prize.
Last month, after eight years, Mr Tejpal was acquitted by a Goa court of all charges in the case that an India Today article described as the "most sensational case of alleged rape in the workplace".
But women's rights activists and lawyers have said the case put inordinate focus on the victim's behaviour and perpetuated stereotypes of how women should act after sexual crimes in a country that is still deeply conservative and where many victims are wary of going through a lengthy legal process.
Mr Tejpal was accused of raping, wrongfully confining and sexually harassing the woman, who cannot be identified under Indian laws, on Nov 7 and 8 inside a lift at a hotel, where a Tehelka-organised event was taking place.
In a 527-page judgment, Judge Kshama M. Joshi said the prosecution was not able to prove that Mr Tejpal committed rape or that criminal force was used, or that there was a criminal attempt to disrobe or any explicit sexual overtures.
In the order, there was mention of how the victim looked "happy" and "normal" in pictures taken after the alleged assault.
"The victim's narrative is of extreme implausibility, and it is not possible to believe that she, a woman who is aware of laws, intelligent, alert and physically fit, would not push or ward off the accused if she got pushed against the wall," said the judge.
The order stated that CCTV footage did not show she was in shock or trauma after exiting the lift. It also underlined how she had confided in three male friends - not women - immediately after the incident.
The order also cited the questioning of the woman on her views on consensual sex, drinking and smoking, and mentioned flirtatious WhatsApp messages shared with friends.
Not only has this raised the hackles of women's rights activists and lawyers, but also the Bombay High Court, where an appeal has been filed by the Goa government against the acquittal. The High Court said the order appeared to provide a "manual on how rape victims should behave".
Supreme Court lawyer Shobha Gupta said: "I find it reinforces some stereotypes which we need to get over in the judiciary... You proceed with the presumption that the victim has to establish she had an unblemished lifestyle. The case garnered so much publicity right from the beginning and this has happened."
The Indian Women's Press Corps said the "verdict has made the fight for justice harder for women".
While the court underlined discrepancies in the victim's account - including over whether the lift was in motion or stationary when the incident took place - Mr Tejpal had first called it an "unfortunate incident" and "a lapse of judgment", and then said the encounters were consensual.
He also said he was forced to issue an apology to the victim in which he wrote: "I apologise unconditionally for the shameful lapse of judgment that led me to attempt a sexual liaison... despite your clear reluctance."
Mr Tejpal, who has also alleged political vendetta due to the Tehelka investigations, told The Straits Times that the criticism over the judgment was from "highly partisan quarters".
"In truth, the voluminous 527-page judgment appreciates all the prosecution evidence, and any objective reading will show that the verdict turns entirely on strong empirical evidence - CCTV, lift mechanics, first witness, destruction of key footage, multiple versions served up by the prosecutrix (victim)," said Mr Tejpal.
"It was utterly destructive of a lifetime's work. Tehelka sank; the books went into abeyance around the world; my mother died while I was in jail, my father soon after; and worst of all, my daughters, wife, siblings found themselves unjustly cast into a toxic swamp of public ignominy," he said.
"We believe this ordeal is finally over. If there is more to come, then so it goes."
Thousands demand India's top judge quit over rape remarks
MAR 3, 2021
MUMBAI (AFP) - India's top judge was facing calls to resign on Wednesday (March 3) after telling an accused rapist to marry his schoolgirl victim to avoid jail.
More than 5,000 people have signed a petition demanding Chief Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde quit after he told the government technician at a hearing: "If you want to marry (her) we can help you. If not, you lose your job and go to jail." Bobde's comments sparked a furore and prompted women's rights activists to circulate an open letter calling for his resignation that has secured more than 5,200 signatures, campaigner Vani Subramanian said.
According to the letter, the man is accused of stalking, tying up, gagging and repeatedly raping the girl before threatening to douse her in petrol, set her alight and have her brother killed.
"By suggesting that this rapist marry the victim-survivor, you, the Chief Justice of India, sought to condemn the victim-survivor to a lifetime of rape at the hands of the tormentor who drove her to attempt suicide," the letter said.
India's abysmal record on sexual violence has been the focus of international attention since the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus sparked nationwide protests. Victims are regularly subjected to sexist treatment at the hands of police and courts, including being encouraged to marry their attackers in so-called compromise solutions.
The letter also drew attention to another hearing on Monday during which Bobde reportedly questioned whether sex between a married couple could ever be considered rape. "The husband may be a brutal man, but can you call the act of sexual intercourse between a lawfully wedded man and wife as rape?" he said.
"This comment not only legitimises any kind of sexual, physical and mental violence by the husband, but it normalises the torture that Indian women have been facing within marriages for years without any legal recourse," the letter by the rights campaigners said. Marital rape is not a crime in India.
Bobde has not responded to the criticism. His predecessor Ranjan Gogoi was the highest-profile figure in India to face a #MeToo backlash after he was accused by a former staffer of sexual assault. He was cleared in 2019 after an in-house enquiry, prompting protests in the country.
India's Dalit women struggle for justice in sex crimes against them
Rohini Mohan India Correspondent In Bangalore
OCT 18, 2020
India's lower-caste Dalit women have long struggled to get justice for crimes against them in the Indian justice system.
National data and the experiences of survivors and activists both reveal that crimes against Dalit women see shoddier investigation and fewer convictions than crimes against other women.
Dalit Women Fight, a community-led organisation to amplify their voices, has been training local women in five states for 15 years to monitor abuses, support rape survivors and provide legal support.
Ms Riya Singh, an activist with the collective, said: "We are resigned to the reality that the government, whoever is in power, will not change. Rapes and assaults keep happening, there is brief public outrage, media coverage, and that's it. The caste hierarchy and systemic violence is deep in society, including police and courts."
According to data from India's National Crime Records Bureau, reported cases of rape against Dalit women and children rose by 37 per cent between 2015 and 2019. The increase was faster than the 23 per cent rise in reported crimes against all women.
Last year, there were 3,486 reported cases of rape against Dalits and another 3,375 cases of sexual assault. Most reported rape cases were recorded in Rajasthan; the rate of reported crimes, which considers a state's Dalit population, was highest in Kerala.
Prolonged delays in investigation and prosecution of crimes in India are common, but Dalit activists said the system probed crimes against Dalits especially slowly.Ms Delta Meghwal, a 19-year-old Dalit, was allegedly raped by a teacher and found dead in a water tank in 2016. After four years, the case is still pending hearing in the lowest court. Activists working with her family said her father "felt resigned".
Of the reported rape cases against Dalits last year, over a quarter were yet to be investigated by the police by the end of the year. Of the about 12,500 that made it to court that year, over 91 per cent were still pending trial at the end of the year.
While the overall conviction rate for rape cases in India is 25 per cent, it is only 2 per cent when the victim is a Dalit woman.
India has special laws to address offences against Dalit and Adivasi people, but lawyers and activists say that under-reporting is still widespread.
A report published last month by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative found that survivors of rape had faced "delay, derision, pressure and severe harassment when they approach the police to report complaints". A prominent nationwide health survey from 2015-16 found that 99 per cent of all sexual violence cases go unreported to the police.
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Rise in reported cases of rape against Dalit women and children between 2015 and 2019, according to data from India's National Crime Records Bureau. The increase was faster than the 23 per cent rise in reported crimes against all women.
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Conviction rate for rape cases involving Dalit women, compared with 25 per cent overall in India.
Ms Singh and 10 other prominent activists filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding that an impartial agency investigate September's alleged gang-rape of a 19-year-old in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh.
It "is not an isolated incident but actually stems from the country's long oppressive history based on caste that continues even in 2020," their petition says.
Five police officers in India suspended over handling of gang rape case
Activists hold anti-rape placards during a protest against the alleged gang rape, in New Delhi, on Oct 2, 2020.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
OCT 3, 2020
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Five senior police officers have been suspended over their handling of an investigation into the gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman that has sparked outrage across India and triggered days of protests.
The seriously injured teenager from the disadvantaged Dalit caste was found in mid-September outside her village in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state and died this week in a New Delhi hospital.
The police have arrested four high-caste men on charges of gang rape and murder.
But the police have faced criticism for cremating the woman's body in the middle of the night - reportedly with the help of some petrol - against the wishes of her family and religious custom.
A senior policeman on Thursday (Oct 1) sparked further outrage after claiming that a forensic report and an autopsy had shown that the woman had not been raped.
This contradicts statements from the victim and her mother and reported hospital findings, while experts said the forensic test was carried out too long after the attack.
Hundreds of police have also barricaded the village, preventing the woman's family from leaving and journalists and opposition politicians from talking to them.
The family's mobile phones have also reportedly been seized.
The victim's brother told one Indian news channel that the family were scared for their lives. The local high court has ordered the authorities to provide the family protection.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath late on Friday announced the suspension of the Hathras district police chief and four others.
The Hindu monk and close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi also announced that the victim's family, the accused and the suspended policemen would all undergo lie-detector and drug tests.
On Friday evening in the latest protest, around 500 people, including Delhi's chief minister, and a prominent Dalit politician gathered in central New Delhi demanding justice.
"We (women) are not actually free, even though India is independent," Sanskriti, one of the women at the Delhi protest site told AFP.
"This is something I want to raise my voice against. And I just wish all the people get united and they understand that it is high time to do something about it," she added.
The young woman's death comes months after four men were hanged for the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a bus in New Delhi, in a case that came to symbolise India's epidemic of sexual violence.
An average of 87 rapes were reported in India every day last year, according to data by the National Crime Records Bureau, but large numbers are thought to go unreported.
India most dangerous country for women with sexual violence rife: Poll
Indian relatives mourn following the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl at Raja Kundra Village on May 5, 2018.PHOTO: AFP
JUN 26, 2018
LONDON (REUTERS) - India is the world's most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labour, according to a poll of global experts released on Tuesday (June 26).
War-torn Afghanistan and Syria ranked second and third in the Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of about 550 experts on women's issues, followed by Somalia and Saudi Arabia.
The only Western nation in the top 10 was the United States, which ranked joint third when respondents were asked where women were most at risk of sexual violence, harassment and being coerced into sex.
The poll was a repeat of a survey in 2011 that found experts saw Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, India, and Somalia as the most dangerous countries for women.
Experts said India moving to the top of poll showed not enough was being done to tackle the danger women faced, more than five years after the rape and murder of a student on a bus in Delhi made violence against women a national priority.
"India has shown utter disregard and disrespect for women ... rape, marital rapes, sexual assault and harassment, female infanticide has gone unabated," said Manjunath Gangadhara, an official at the Karnataka state government.
"The (world's) fastest growing economy and leader in space and technology is shamed for violence committed against women." Government data shows reported cases of crime against women rose by 83 per cent between 2007 and 2016, when there were four cases of rape reported every hour.The survey asked respondents which five of the 193 United Nations member states they thought were most dangerous for women and which country was worst in terms of healthcare, economic resources, cultural or traditional practices, sexual violence and harassment, non-sexual violence and human trafficking.
Respondents also ranked India the most dangerous country for women in terms of human trafficking, including sex slavery and domestic servitude, and for customary practices such as forced marriage, stoning and female infanticide.
India's Ministry of Women and Child Development declined to comment on the survey results.
TRAPPED BY WAR
Afghanistan fared worst in four of the seven questions, with concerns over healthcare and conflict-related violence.Kimberly Otis, director of advancement at Women for Afghan Women, said women and girls faced severe gender-based violence, abuse, illiteracy, poverty, and other human rights offences.
"The ongoing war and conflict are getting worse in Afghanistan, which puts the lives of women and girls at increasing risk," said U.S.-based Otis, a survey participant.
Afghanistan's Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz said the deteriorating security situation was making life difficult for women, with large parts of the country still in the control of Taliban fighters after nearly 17 years of war.
"Nowadays, suicide bombings and armed conflict is the third (highest) cause of deaths and disability in Afghanistan," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview in London.
"Instead of focusing (spending) on maternal health, on nutritional status, we spend it on trauma."
The impact of a seven-year war drove Syria into third place in the survey, amid concerns over access to healthcare and both sexual and non-sexual violence.
"There are so many dangers for girls and women," said Maria Al Abdeh, executive director of Women Now For Development, which supports women's centres in Syria.
"There is sexual violence by government forces. Domestic violence and child marriage are increasing and more women are dying in childbirth. The tragedy is nowhere near an end."
Somalia, where more than two decades of war has fuelled a culture of violence and weakened institutions meant to uphold the law, was again named as one of the five most dangerous countries for women.
Saudi Arabia ranked fifth, with women's rights experts saying there had been some progress in recent years, but the recent arrests of female activists ahead of the lifting of a ban on women driving showed much more needed to be done.
"One of the worst laws that prevent women from having equal opportunities is guardianship - because every woman is subjected to a male guardian. She cannot get a passport, cannot travel, sometimes she cannot work," said Ahlam Akram, founder of BASIRA (British Arabs Supporting Universal Women's Rights) in the UK.
"We need to completely obliterate this system. I think change is coming, but it takes time."
#METOO PUTS US ON LIST
Experts said the surprise addition of the United States in the top 10 most dangerous countries for women came down to the #MeToo and Time's Up campaigns against sexual harassment and violence that have dominated headlines for months."People want to think income means you're protected from misogyny, and sadly that's not the case," said Cindy Southworth, executive vice president of the Washington-based National Network to End Domestic Violence.
"We are going to look back and see this as a very powerful tipping point ... We're blowing the lid off and saying '#Metoo and Time's Up'."
Rounding out the top 10 most dangerous countries for women were Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen and Nigeria.
India, Libya and Myanmar were considered the world's most dangerous nations for women exploited by human traffickers in a global crime worth an estimated US$150 billion (S$204 billion) a year.
"In many countries the simple fact of being female creates a heightened risk of becoming a victim of slavery," said Nick Grono, chief executive of the Freedom Fund, the first private donor fund dedicated to ending slavery.
The poll of 548 people was conducted online, by phone and in person between March 26 and May 4 with an even spread across Europe, Africa, the Americas, South East Asia, South Asia and the Pacific.
Respondents included aid professionals, academics, healthcare staff, non-government organisation workers, policy-makers, development specialists and social commentators.
dear minister,
very simple, last time no CECAs, nobody despise the our local indians, we lived together well, now with CECAs, everyone fuck the indians, why?
not fair to local indians. and dont act like you surprised to hear this
very simple, last time no CECAs, nobody despise the our local indians, we lived together well, now with CECAs, everyone fuck the indians, why?
not fair to local indians. and dont act like you surprised to hear this
If everyone refuse to rent to ceca the problemdisappears. Its always traitors
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