Two Pakistani men accused of raping domestic worker in South Africa
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KARACHI: A South African domestic worker in Phoenix, Durban was allegedly raped last week by two men who are said to be Pakistani nationals, police said Wednesday.
An official of the South African Police Services (Saps), who requested anonymity, confirmed the Feb 26 incident in a telephonic conversation with Dawn and said that one of the perpetrators, identified as Ali Raza, 24, was arrested. The second man managed to escape.
The accused men are said to be running small businesses in Phoenix.
The Saps official quoted the victim as saying that she was contacted by her Pakistani employer to iron clothes for two of his friends.
After meeting with the woman, who officials say is unmarried and 35 years of age, the employer took her to his friends' house, the victim said.
The domestic worker alleged that while she was ironing clothes, one of the men flung her on the bed and raped her. After finishing the act, he called his friend in the room who also raped her.
The woman claimed that in the midst of the second assault, her employer came by to check on her, and upon discovering that she was being subjected to sexual assault, fought with his friends to have her released.
The victim registered a complaint at the Phoenix police station, police confirmed.
South Africa has one of the world's highest crime rates. It is often labelled the rape capital of the world. "The prevalence of rape, and particularly multiple perpetrator rape is unusually high," according to a 2012 report by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) think tank.
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Rape also remains one of the most under-reported crimes in SA.
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Mar 04, 2015 03:58pm
Catch them and Punish them ......
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Mar 04, 2015 03:59pm
Disgusting.....sad to here that....we already have bad image internationally now this will spread more negativity against us....
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Mar 04, 2015 03:59pm
Pakistanis will beat Indians in this field soon. Rape is not an Indian phenomenon only it is subcontinental.
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Mar 04, 2015 04:00pm
Pakistanis raping in foreign countries! Imagine what happens in Pakistan
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Mar 04, 2015 04:02pm
Not another one...hope the poor woman gets justice.
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Mar 04, 2015 04:03pm
Not good for image of Pakistan abroad and specially not good for the good Pakistani people out there...shamefull act.
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Mar 04, 2015 04:04pm
Please dont spoil the excellent image of Pakistan abroad by doing such acts.
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Mar 04, 2015 04:16pm
SHAME ON YOU GUYS
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Mar 04, 2015 04:17pm
Can pakistan get any worse?
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Mar 04, 2015 04:18pm
There are pakistanis in south Africa?? I never knew that
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Mar 04, 2015 04:20pm
@shamain Except China, where in the world does Pakistan has an excellent Image...?????
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Mar 04, 2015 04:28pm
Wasn't drug dealing in Saudi Arabia enough for you guys?
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Mar 04, 2015 04:28pm
That's right, we have already worst image, and now this act will deter our situation. shams on them.
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Mar 04, 2015 04:29pm
@shamain Excellent image? You've gotta be kidding me, man! Pakistanis are searched more in western airports that anyone else, most beheadings in Saudi arabia involve Pakistani drug dealers. What image are you talking about?
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Mar 04, 2015 04:31pm
@Rock Star..!! And who said in China Pakistan has great image ?? You think China is North Korea that they don't see News APS attack , acid incidents , minorities slaughtering etc etc.. Wake Up Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
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Mar 04, 2015 04:41pm
Indiana who just got this golden opportunity to bash again Pakistan or ready to exercise their routine work let me tell you here in gulf I m going through almost daily of such news in which Indian Bangali, Pakistani and Locals are accused of raping.
and Pardon Dear Indians after having your own capital as renewed for Rapes you do not have face to comments here. at the same time I do demand these Pakistani should be Punished and treated according to LAW.
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Mar 04, 2015 04:47pm
This is one such instance. Read the UK papers. Thousands of young white girls have been raped by men of Pakistani origin in Rotherham in the UK. The rapes by these men has taken place over several years. When will Pakistani men learn to respect young women from other cultures?
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Mar 04, 2015 04:56pm
@Harmony you mean to say Pak has excellent Image in India.. ?? I seriously doubt it man.
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Mar 04, 2015 04:57pm
@shamain excellent image lol! terrorist nation producing rapists!
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Mar 04, 2015 05:03pm
@Jason
Not only in West, Pakistanis are most searched in Gulf also. I lived in Kuwait and there in the morning flights from Delhi and Islamabad arrived almost at the same time. While Indians were left unchecked, each baggage of Pakistanis was opened for checking.
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Mar 04, 2015 05:05pm
@Asim Rizvi we never denied any rape case infact Our Indians are coming out and complain whenever there is some injustice is happening not like Pak where a rape victim has to show 4 male witnesses
"On 12 July 2013, Council of Islamic Ideology of Pakistan dismissed DNA tests as evidence for rapes, and declared that without witnesses no rapes would be recognized."..... How primitive can you get???
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Mar 04, 2015 05:05pm
All the Pakistanis , who were commenting shamelessly on Nirbhaya's documentary...you are like these 2 fellows
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Mar 04, 2015 05:05pm
Not surprised as recently about 18 men with a similar background were sentenced for 50 years for raping and grooming over scores of children in Oxford in UK
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Mar 04, 2015 05:07pm
@Jallal it never gets reported as the victim fears being termed characterless.Rapist are more dangerous than murderers
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Mar 04, 2015 05:11pm
i am not surprised just before the encounter.... they find 2 pakistani criminals in where?... oh suddenly south africa!
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Mar 04, 2015 05:13pm
Not a good news before Pakistan- South Africa Cricket Match........
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Mar 04, 2015 05:14pm
Many of the commenters here are more concerned about pakistan's image than the victims of such crimes. Image takes care of itself when education, empathy, morals and decency become the norm in a society.
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Mar 04, 2015 05:17pm
@N - Don't deny it...you comments prove otherwise!
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Mar 04, 2015 05:17pm
Shame shame shame...
These rapists must be punished in an examplary way.
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Mar 04, 2015 05:18pm
Its all about reporting, if rapes does not get reported in pakistan it does not mean they do not occur.
57 pakistanis groomed 1400 white girls in rotherham for 10 years.
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Mar 04, 2015 05:21pm
@Rock Star..!!
70% chinese think of Pakistan as a failed state. Pew research.
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Mar 04, 2015 05:23pm
No wonder most Pakistanis don't call themselves Pakistanis now a days.
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Mar 04, 2015 05:26pm
Punish these rapists as per strictest Sharia
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Mar 04, 2015 05:49pm
@Tranquil hold on, let them go through a fair trial first. Let's not consider them guilty under proven guilty.
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Mar 04, 2015 05:53pm
@Rajni this is still fall shorts of the Indian mentality that says that it is the girl's fault. Why don't you criticize your govt. for banning the documentary? Last but not least, don't waste time here, instead go outside and keep a watch on rapists in your country.
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Mar 04, 2015 05:56pm
This is not a Pakistani issue. So as a nation don't be ashamed. But yes, these guys must be severely punished. I think Sub-Continent is champion in this. India-Pakistan competing in this shameful field.
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Mar 04, 2015 05:57pm
@Rajni - That must be some "Pew" research then!
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Mar 04, 2015 06:07pm
As I said before, Rape is a Global Problem, it is not country specific, so rise above India-Pak and comment sensibly
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Mar 04, 2015 06:24pm
@valiya Yo bro. Pakistanis already beaten India. Just google Rotherham.
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Mar 04, 2015 06:26pm
@valiya It is not country thing ,rape is shameful and criminal act . We as a human at least not divided on these issue.
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Mar 04, 2015 06:32pm
This is universal phenomena !!! No need to linked with country, religion, ethnicity, language etc. One thing is sure that in a orthodox societies, these kind of incidences are more common than open societies. That does not mean that in open society this type of incidences do not happen. Indian continent by and large is orthodox.
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Mar 04, 2015 06:39pm
The DNA and the culture of both the countries are same, then how can the outcome be any different? If the rape statistics don't match, it is because of the reporting, registering and prosecuting of these cases. Shame, Shame, Shame again!
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Mar 04, 2015 06:40pm
@valiya, No its international phenomenon. In the US it is common. But here they catch them and law takes its course and it is not politicized.
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Mar 04, 2015 06:42pm
In Saudi Arabia it is an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, had the perpetrator been in Saudi Arabia he would have had a painful experience in hospital...
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Mar 04, 2015 06:42pm
@Jallal : Only difference is, it gets reported in other countries. So it is highlighted.
In Pakistan it is not reported, if reported then pushed under carpets.
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Mar 04, 2015 06:47pm
Punish them to the fullest
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Mar 04, 2015 06:47pm
Big problem of Pakistani /subcontinent men the perception of western women, they somehow think every women in the west are same in real life as they are in x rated movies. Because thats the only interaction /perception for many in Pakistan of western society - which is absolutely wrong!
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Mar 04, 2015 07:03pm
once again Pakistan on world news
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Mar 04, 2015 07:13pm
As a Pakistani who has been living in various countries for the last almost 30 years I feel the young men who travel overseas are brought up in an environment where they are told that they have a right to abuse women and they think they are superior. One is amazed at the comments that you hear about women. This has to be tackled.
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Mar 04, 2015 07:26pm
@irfan farooqui More negativity. That's not a statement that's the truth.
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Mar 04, 2015 07:29pm
Rape is rape. Its not done by an Indian, Pakistani, British or by a Hindu, Muslim or Christian. Its done by a beast who is not human.
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Mar 04, 2015 07:45pm
The rate of sexual violence in South Africa is among the highest in the world. Sexual violence is the use of force or manipulation to get someone to engage in unwanted sexual activity without his or her consent. An estimated of 500,000 rape cases take place in the country, every year.
source wikipedia
to all Indian to whom this news hits like a diwali rocket.
what about mukesh Singh defending his act of raping and mutilating a 23 year old girl, blaming the victim for the rape. Disgusting Indian mindset.
these Pakistani men should be punished.
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Mar 04, 2015 07:46pm
@Zak
Once I went to Finland, there I met 2 Pakistanis. I asked their country of origin. They told me that they are Indians. After they left, the receptionist told me that they are Pakistanis...I felt sad for their fear of exposing themselves.
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Mar 04, 2015 07:46pm
@shamain
"Please dont spoil the excellent image of Pakistan abroad by doing such acts."
Excellent !!!...LOL
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Mar 04, 2015 08:44pm
India has passed south Africa long ago in rape , it's just the incidents that go unreported in India because of the backlash from the family and rejection from would-be in-laws !!!!
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Mar 04, 2015 09:03pm
Only when Woman can walk alone without the fear of being attacked will be the day when progress has been made. In Japan(i.e.Tokoyo) woman walk alone at night without the fear of violence. The Japanese are way ahead of most of the world in this area.
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Mar 04, 2015 09:25pm
doesn't matter if they r from Pakistan or any other country rapists should b hanged till death
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Mar 04, 2015 10:29pm
@jk I agree. Thank you for pointing that out. It's so true.
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Mar 04, 2015 10:53pm
oh this is bad. i hope local laws take their due course.
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Mar 04, 2015 10:54pm
Rape scars the victim for entire life time. No amount of therapy can blot out the memory. Irrespective of the country or the culture in which such acts take place, the law enforcement agencies and courts should keep that in mind and tailor the punishment accordingly. Death for the rapist is too easy a punishment.
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Mar 04, 2015 11:13pm
@Anser Azim Full Marks to the only sensible comment on this topic.
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Mar 05, 2015 01:12am
@Vijay (Toronto) ,very nice response. But i feel ashamed when our pakistanis do such crassness abroad. And don't care abt image, when issue is real , i would rather have it make news then be brushed aside.
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Mar 05, 2015 01:44am
Rapists must be brought to book..
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Mar 05, 2015 01:44am
The rapists have brought shame on nation..It's ruthless act of immortality to bed a woman because she was a mere domestic worker.. Culprits must be punished according to framed laws of the land..
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Mar 05, 2015 02:09am
All to all it's a shameful act done by an Indian or by a Pakistani
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Mar 05, 2015 04:09am
@shamain -------What image again?
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Mar 05, 2015 04:31am
Nab the two and let them loose in the Kruger National Park.
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Mar 05, 2015 04:53am
@Jason ....they are afghani drug dealers using pakistani passports
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Mar 05, 2015 04:54am
@umer i thought India was capital of rape
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Mar 05, 2015 06:11am
@timetostopthis Dude get your facts straight which part of England do you live in :) What is your agenda?
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Mar 05, 2015 06:41am
@Hurst It is still better than a lot of other places Bro.
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Mar 05, 2015 09:26am
These dastardly criminals perpetrated this act of violence against this defenseless woman. She was just trying to work hard to make ends meet but these savages wanted more from her.
What I find really DISGUSTING over here is both Indians and Pakistanis making statements against each other instead of denouncing this heinous crime.
C'mon guys get off your high horses and condemn rape regardless of whether it occurs in India, Pakistan or Timbuktu!!! Grow up and do something to change this chauvinistic mindset that is so prevalent in both countries.
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Mar 05, 2015 09:28am
@Babar preach on brother. Glad to read a comment from someone who makes sense instead of all the mudslinging that I see around here. It is a disgusting act regardless of whether it happens in India, Pakistan or Dongrilla!!!
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Mar 06, 2015 08:01am
I blame India and demand kashmir
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Mar 06, 2015 08:26am
subcontinent has a serious issue. Men are taught from the cradle they are perfect, they can do anything and no one will hold them responsible. This great teaching is done by both parents especially the mothers, once a son is born, they parade around with him like he is a medal. What message do you think he gets. I would say spoiled from day 1
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Mar 06, 2015 09:53pm
@ZAK ...Do what ever you want ...Who cares?
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