INCEST CASES FROM 1983 TO 1992

Dr Kanwaljit Soin asked the Minister for Home Affairs if he will state (i) the number of incest cases reported from 1983 to 1992 and (ii) the ethnic background of the victims and their age range.

Prof. S. Jayakumar: In the last 10 years, 41 cases of incest were reported. Details on the ethnic background and age of the victims in the cases over the last 5 years are given below. (Such details for the other years are not available.). BREAKDOWN OF INCEST VICTIMS BY RACE AND AGE-GROUP FOR THE PERIOD 1989-1993 (OCT) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ YEAR 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Race CHI MAL IND TOTAL CHI MAL IND TOTAL CHI MAL IND TOTAL CHI MAL IND TOTAL CHI MAL IND TOTAL AGE-GROUP (years) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Below 15 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 15 - 19 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 20 - 24 0 1 1 0 0 0 25 - 29 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 30 and above 1 1 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 3 1 1 3 5 3 2 1 6 3 0 1 4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Source: Singapore Police Force.