Rape compo: Is it morally wrong?

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Rape compo: Is it morally wrong?

PORT MORESBY: Parents and relatives of rape victims in Papua New Guinea continue to accept compensation to resolve such a serious crime inflicted on girls and women.

Is it morally right to accept compensation for such a violent abuse on girls and women?

On Jan 18, 2021, a Grade 12 schoolboy raped a Grade 8 schoolgirl in Madang’s Rai Coast. The girl’s mother reported the rape to the police.

However, when police went to arrest the schoolboy rapist, the relatives of the schoolgirl told police that the matter would be settled out of court with compensation.

Isn’t this unfair and disgusting to the rape victim, a minor?

PNG Cyber Monitor reproduces details of the case that was reported by The National:



Rape compo

February 16, 2021The NationalMain Stories

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By SYLVESTER WEMURU
RELATIVES of a grade eight student in Rai Coast, Madang, settled for compensation after she was allegedly raped by a grade 12 student attending Passam National High School (East Sepik), according to police.
Police officers from Madang, who were at the village to arrest the rapist, refrained because relatives of the victim, a minor, and the alleged offender agreed to solve the matter out of court, with the understanding that the accused was a student.
However, provincial police commander Supt Mazuc Rubiang said the accused would be arrested and warned the public against conducting mediations for criminal offences.
He said police would arrest the alleged offender as her mother had reported the matter.
Besides, the offence was committed against an under-aged girl.
According to police report, on Jan 18 at around 11pm the girl was alone at her family house while her parents travelled to Madang.
While she was sleeping, the grade 12 male student, who was also in the village, went to the house through the main door which was left open for her small brother to come and sleep later.
The girl was asleep when he allegedly went into the house, undressed himself at the corridor, ran into the room, jumped on top of her, ripped off her clothes and sexually penetrated her.
The police report stated that she tried to fight back but he was drunk at that time and used more force to make her weak and helpless.
When she called for help, he allegedly gagged her and raped her before leaving the house.
She reported the matter to her mother when she came back.
Her mother then reported the matter to the police and when police tried to arrest the suspect, they said they would solve the matter out of court. The police did as the victim’s family said and witnessed the compensation ceremony at Rai Coast last week.
Supt Rubiang discouraged families and relatives of victims to accept compensations and allow justice to prevail.
Meanwhile, East Sepik police commander Supt Albert Beli told The National yesterday that local communities tried to engage police as mediators during compensation demands.
However, he said that was not their role.
“Policemen and women should not be used as mediators.”

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