Prosecutors seek 10-year sentence for Pakistani man in child rape case
Prosecutors have sought a heavy sentence for a Pakistani national indicted for sexually assaulting foreign children nearly two decades earlier at an Islamic mosque in Incheon, west of Seoul, judicial officials said Monday. Prosecutors asked the Bucheon branch of the Incheon District Court to sentence the unidentified Pakistani man to 10 years in prison on charges including rape of minors under…
The Korea Times reports that prosecutors have requested a 10-year prison sentence for a Pakistani man accused of sexually assaulting two foreign children, aged 7 and 9, at an Islamic mosque in Incheon, South Korea, in September 2008. The man, who was teaching the Quran at the mosque at the time, is facing charges including rape of minors under the age of 13. Prosecutors stated that the complaint was filed belatedly due to the victims' young age at the time of the incident.
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