A Singapore judge reduced the sentence of a policeman charged with receiving oral sex from a girl to one year after his case provoked a storm of protest. The judge he told the court that such a sex act did not conform to Asian values.
"In the Asian culture, certain offences are still not talked about though in some cultures you can go sucking away, and some important people had gotten away with it". The man's case sparked a rare public outcry against a notorious local law that says "whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animals can be fined and jailed up to 10 years, or even for life." Still, Singaporeans, known for quietly acquiescing to tough laws, appeared shocked such a ban even existed, and the government announced last month it may decriminalize oral sex between men and women following a review of the Penal Code.