Off the wire
• Singapore stocks close 0.02 percent lower  • Chinese "Belt and Road" Initiative will benefit Russia, expert  • Philippine President-elect Duterte draws flak for comments on media killings  • Foreign exchange rates in Singapore  • URGENT: Japan's PM announces delay in planned consumption tax hike  • Top news items in major S. African media outlets  • Top news items in major Zambian media outlets  • Backgrounder: Five made-in-China hi-tech breakthroughs  • Philippine gov't launches program to mitigate La Nina effect  • First edition of Michelin Guide Singapore 2016 to be launched on July 21  
You are here: 　 Home

Brazil sets up new office to protect women after appalling gang rape

Xinhua, June 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Brazilian government on Tuesday announced the creation of a special office to deal with violence against women after the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Rio angered the whole nation.

The gang rape by over 30 men, the video of which was uploaded online, has triggered nationwide outrage and discussions on rape, a chronic social evil in Brazil, where many crimes against women are under-reported.

The first police chief in charge of the case was removed from the investigation process because the victim's lawyer complained that he was treating the girl like a culprit.

After the takeover of a woman chief with more experience in dealing with rape cases, however, only two accused have been arrested so far.

Two weeks ago, the Ministry of Women, Human Rights and Racial Equality, which deals with women issues, was abolished and merged into the new Ministry of Citizenship.

The reorganization decision of interim President Michel Temer has been interpreted by critics as to impair the influence of the suspended woman President Rousseff. Endi