{"id":384774,"date":"2017-12-20T12:20:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T12:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=384774"},"modified":"2017-12-20T16:24:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T16:24:55","slug":"bantama-sexual-assault-suspects-must-be-flogged-publicly-asokwa-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/bantama-sexual-assault-suspects-must-be-flogged-publicly-asokwa-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Bantama sexual assault suspects must be flogged publicly – Asokwa MP"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Member of Parliament for Asokwa in the Ashanti Region, Patricia Appiagyei, has called for the three boys arrested in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a girl in Bantama to be flogged publicly as punishment.<\/p>\n
She believes that sentencing the boys to serve time in jail would not rehabilitate them, adding that the humiliation that comes with being publicly caned would deter others better than a prison term.<\/p>\n
This manner of corporal punishment is known in some Islamic countries where the Sharia law is strictly observed.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”if005smeblmFyNGer7VetOQgU40841jQ”]\u201cI don\u2019t think prison will change them. It even hardens them because we don\u2019t have the kind of atmosphere where people can really reflect, and then show remorse for what they have done\u2026but when you are publicly punished I believe that will make you better\u2026I believe [flogging] them will help,\u201d the MP is quoted as having said by Accra-based Starr FM.<\/p>\n