Don’t Blame Women’s Dress: Spiritual leader
The type of clothes which women wear is not the main cause for rape, says Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji national president Sarju Prasad.
“Men should not blame women dressing to be the main cause of rape,” he said.
Mr Prasad said girls should wear decent clothes but if they were wearing short clothes, men should control their lust.
“Women have rights,” he said.
Mr Prasad said he was saddened by the incident where 14-year-old Mere Ailevu, a student of Lomary Catholic Primary School was found half naked, dead with a Tee-shirt tied around her neck at Loloma Beach, Pacific Harbour, last Monday. Police have already determined that she was brutally raped and killed.
“We should learn to respect each other,” Mr Prasad said. “We need to work together to stop these heinous crimes against women.” Mr Prasad said human moral values should be taught too in schools and at homes when the children were young.
“In all temples around the country we always teach the general public to respect each other,” he said. “Women need more protection and it is our responsibility to protect them.” The national president of the religious body is urging other religious bodies to work together and stop the violence against women and children in our country. Source: Fiji Sun, March 2016
The type of clothes which women wear is not the main cause for rape, says Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji national president Sarju Prasad.
“Men should not blame women dressing to be the main cause of rape,” he said.
Mr Prasad said girls should wear decent clothes but if they were wearing short clothes, men should control their lust.
“Women have rights,” he said.
Mr Prasad said he was saddened by the incident where 14-year-old Mere Ailevu, a student of Lomary Catholic Primary School was found half naked, dead with a Tee-shirt tied around her neck at Loloma Beach, Pacific Harbour, last Monday. Police have already determined that she was brutally raped and killed.
“We should learn to respect each other,” Mr Prasad said. “We need to work together to stop these heinous crimes against women.” Mr Prasad said human moral values should be taught too in schools and at homes when the children were young.
“In all temples around the country we always teach the general public to respect each other,” he said. “Women need more protection and it is our responsibility to protect them.” The national president of the religious body is urging other religious bodies to work together and stop the violence against women and children in our country. Source: Fiji Sun, March 2016
The family of the late Mere Ailevu stand beside her potrait after church service
Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji national president Sarju Prasad said he was saddened by the incident where 14-year-old Mere Ailevu, a student of Lomary Catholic Primary School was found half naked, dead with a Tee-shirt tied around her neck at Loloma Beach, Pacific Harbour, last Monday. Police have already determined that she was brutally raped and killed.
"The complainant was a 14 year old school girl at the time of the incident. She was one of 18 students in a classroom sitting an examination. The appellant [Maika Bolatiki] was supervising the examination. The complainant was sitting at a desk in the front row. She said that the appellant came and stood beside her on her left. She looked up and the appellant touched her breast with his left hand. She sat up and the accused slid his left hand down her stomach and right to her private part. He then rubbed her private part. He denied touching her breast or private parts. However, the actions of the appellant as described by the complainant in her evidence were something that would not necessarily have created attention. The other pupils in the room were writing their examination papers. The Appellant was standing alongside the complainant in the front row and such conduct would be expected to have been done as surreptitiously as possible...The learned Magistrate made a clear finding that he accepted the evidence of the complainant as truthful. An appellant Court would need very compelling and cogent reasons to interfere with that finding. There are no grounds to do so in this case...The appeal against conviction is dismissed"
Justice D. B. Pain, Fiji High Court, 3 September 1997
The judgment can be accessed at: http://www.paclii.org/cgi-bin/sinodisp/fj/cases/FJHC/1997/124.html?stem=&synonyms=&query=bolatiki
"Laisani, a school friend of the complainant also gave evidence. She met the complainant after the examination. She said [p.27 of the record]:
"I knew something was wrong. Her eyes were puffy red. She told me she wanted to vomit. I asked her what happened. She was crying.
She didn’t mention the name. She said the exam supervisor fiddle[d] around with her breast and was rubbing his hand on her private parts. This was done during the exam." Justice D B Pain, 3 September 1997
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