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Singapore ‘open’ to using chemical castration for sex offenders if proven effective

Singapore remains open to considering chemical castration as a measure to tackle sex crimes if there is clear evidence that it is effective in reducing crime, Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam has said. However, the evidence so far was inconclusive, he said in a written parliamentary reply on Tuesday. “We remain open to considering measures including pharmacological anti-androgen treatments,…

Singapore ‘open’ to using chemical castration for sex offenders if proven effective

We haven't written up this one. South China Morning Post has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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