A 50-year-old father was sentenced to 24 years jail yesterday after he was convicted of raping his own daughter.

The first incident happened when she was 13 years old in early 2018. When her daughter was busy on the computer, the father hugged her from behind and started molesting her. The girl was shocked by her father actions and tried to walk away from the room.

Due to a bad relationship between the man and his wife, they had separate sleeping arrangements. Things started escalating quickly, he told his daughter to sleep besides on the bed while the rest of the family were asleep.

Afraid that her father might beat her up, she complied and lay down beside him. The man continued to molest her. The father had a history of abusing her by hitting and he had a bad temper.

The girl soon told her elder brother about what had happened but her brother only told her to reject all advances from her father and did not provide her with any further help.

The sexual abuse by the father continues and started kissing her and forced her to perform sexual acts on him.

Escalated into rape

In March 2018, he penetrated her and told her not to shout in case she felt pain as the Father did not was his family members to know what is happening. She was a virgin and she felt pain from her father’s actions.

In April 2018, he did it again and this time he did not use any protection.

Her Teacher Found Out

In October 2018, the father’s crime finally came to light. Her daughter who suffered for more than half a year wanted to run away from home.

Her teacher spoke to her and wanted to find out what had happened to her. After questioning her, she confessed about what her father did and the Police were soon alerted.

Questioned by the Police

When the police asked the father why he did not use a condom, the father simply answered “troublesome” to get it from the other room.

A 45-year-old man has lost his Singapore Permanent Resident after breaching his stay-home notice from 20 Feb to 23 Feb 2020. The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has also barred him from re-entering Singapore.

The 45-year-old PR arrived at Changi Airport on the 20 Feb and he was told to stay home for 14 days as he recently travelled to China. However, he did not respond to phone calls and he was not home when ICA officers conducted a check on him.

On 23rd Feb, he tried to leave Singapore via Changi Airport, he was warned that he could face penalties but still insisted to leave Singapore.

ICA has rejected his application for renewal of his Re-entry Permit, which allows a person to retain his or her PR status while outside of Singapore. This means that the subject has lost his PR status. ICA has also barred him from re-entering Singapore.

According to a media release in Guangdong, there are about 14% of patients who are still tested positive for the virus even though they have recovered.

China’s local health authority stated that the results mean that patients who are already discharged could still be carrying the virus.

There is currently no research data if the patients who have recovered are infectious. China Health Authority stated that Patients who are recovered and discharged from the hospital typically goes through at least two tests and through swabs of the patient’s fluids from the nose and the throat, the other part of the test is a CT scan of the lungs. Patients must also show no signs of fever before release.

The study suggests that even though the patient has recovered, it is still best to monitor the health of the patients for at least two weeks before continuing in day to day outdoor activities.

Case 90 is the case announced by MOH media release on the 24th Feb. A 75-year-old female Singapore Citizen who has no recent travel history to China was found with the Coronavirus(COVID-19).

Symptoms on 9 February and had sought treatment at a general practitioner on 3 occasions, (9 February, 17 February and 23 February). On the 23rd Feb, She was conveyed in an ambulance to Tan Tock Seng Hospital and immediately isolated.

Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 23 February afternoon. 

She is currently warded in an isolation room at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID). She is linked to the cluster at The Life Church and Missions Singapore.

Prior to hospital admission, she had mostly stayed at her home at Bishan Street 12. 

According to the latest media release from MOH, Case 91 is a 58-year-old female Singapore Citizen who has no recent travel history to China and she is linked to Case 66.

Symptoms on 23 January and went to see a doctor 3 times before she was referred to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) on 1 February, 6 February and 10 February.

As she had been identified as a contact of Case 66, she was referred by MOH to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) on 18 February. Subsequent test results confirmed COVID-19 infection on 22 February afternoon.

Prior to hospital admission, she had mostly stayed at her home at Rivervale Drive.