Bar owner convicted of raping 17-year-old runaway who worked for him


A High Court judge said sufficient evidence has been presented to prove that the girl did not consent to the sex acts. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE: The owner of a bar in Little India has been convicted of raping a 17-year-old girl who worked for him after she ran away from the Singapore Girls’ Home.

Raj Kumar Bala, 41, was accused of molesting and raping the victim between the night of Feb 21, 2020, and the early morning of Feb 22 at his rented condominium unit while she was drunk.

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