Jail for elderly Singaporean man who posed as healer and sexually assaulted woman during sham ritual


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SINGAPORE: An elderly man posed as a healer and sexually assaulted a woman during a sham ritual to purportedly treat her of a “black magic” attack.

On Thursday (Jan 23), Mohamed Salleh Samad, 71, was sentenced to six years and eight months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to sexually penetrating the 46-year-old victim without her consent.

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