Singapore man sentenced to 22 years for systematic sexual abuse of 13-year-old girl

In Singapore, a court has handed down 22 years' imprisonment and 24 cane strokes to a 27-year-old man who, over the course of two months, systematically raped, physically tortured, and coerced a 13-year-old girl into prostitution through digital grooming and violent manipulation. The sentence stands as a judicial reckoning with one of the darker possibilities of our connected age — the weaponization of online platforms against the most vulnerable. It is a reminder that behind every case number is a child whose trust in the world was methodically dismantled, and that societies must reckon not o