Singaporean advocate and solicitor Chia Boon Teck has resigned today from his position as Vice-President of the Law Society of Singapore after he sparked outrage with a lengthy social media post blaming a rape victim.
Among those who have criticised Chia’s post is K Shanmugam, Singapore Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law, who has said: “Shaming and blaming victims steps over the line. And misogyny should have no place in our society.”
Even though the rape case was tried in court and the perpetrator was convicted on the basis of evidence, the social media post by Chia Boon Teck listed a number of points why he believed that the rape was not rape. One of his points, listing the charges against the perpetrator, a TikToker named Lev Panfilov, said: “…‘two counts of rape, one count of sexual assault by penetration, and one count of outrage of modesty’. Wow. Was she awake throughout the marathon?”