High Court Dismisses Woman's Rape Claim
By Ignatius Stephen

Bandar Seri Begawan - A 42-year-old woman who alleged that a man in his 30s raped her on September 12 in Kampong Menglait had her charge thrown out in the Brunei High Court.

The alleged victim, a Filipino, said she was abducted from the roadside at knifepoint by the man who forcefully had sex with her four times after locking her up in his house. The man, a construction company coordinator, denied the charge saying that she went to his house voluntarily to do some cleaning.

The High Court Judge Madam Lim Siew Yen after hearing all the evidence said that she did not believe the woman, a mother of two, referred to in court as Miss X.

The court in dismissing the case suggested that the allegation could be the result of her bitterness against the man for not paying her $100 that she asked for after she had performed a "service" for him.

The judge said that she did not believe that there was abduction or any rape. The discrepancy in Miss X's evidence was too rampant to be ignored, the court ruled.

"In the face of so much unreliable evidence from the prosecution witnesses, it is unsafe for me to convict the defendant," the judge said in acquitting him.

DPP Dayangku Hajah Hana Molina was for the prosecution. Rudy Lee Kim Boon and Selvanathan Sunramaniam of Ms Fathan, Rudi Lee &Associates defended.

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