An unemployed man who used threats of hoodoos and magic spells (note 1) to force his girlfriend's younger sister into having sex with him has been jailed for six years.
Yuen Yuk-kin, 43, a self-proclaimed (note 2 ) fung shui master (風水大師), showed no emotion as District Court Judge Frankie Yiu Fun- che yesterday slammed (批評) him for using sordid (骯髒的) excuses and threats to coerce the victim - identified as X - into having sexual intercourse and even anal sex with him on multiple occasions (note 3)between September 2004 and January this year.
The judge said Yuen exploited (利用) the victim's trust at a time of innocence and weak health.
The experience has left the victim, now a university student, with post- traumatic stress disorder (note4), depression, low self-esteem and "difficulty in trying to have a normal sex life." The court heard Yuen first tricked X - then aged 15 - into having sex with him on September 24, 2004, so that he could "transfer chi" to cure a fever that plagued her for weeks. She was also asked to perform oral sex.
The judge noted the victim was below the legal age of consent (note 5) at the time.
The victim was told the "evil" came from her having sex with her former boyfriend, and that she had to swallow Yuen's sperm to seal "the entrance" to prevent it from returning after it had been expelled (趕出).
On two occasions between 2005 and 2006, X was tricked (欺騙) into having anal sex which, she said, caused her pain and resulted in incontinence.
In later years Yuen exerted control (note 6) over X's social life, warning that her mother will have cancer if she did not continue to sleep with him.
From good to better English:
(note 1) hoodoos and magic spells=不祥之物, 惡運(hoodoos)和符咒，咒語 (spells)。be bound by a spell＝ be under the spell=給符咒鎮住。break a spell=破除魔力和吸引力。
(note 2) self-proclaimed=自稱的，自封的。Proclaim=聲明；表示，顯示, 公佈。Proclaim Victor a traitor=宣佈Victor為叛徒。 proclaim war=宣戰。 proclaim a victory=宣告勝利。
(note 3) multiple occasions=多次在不同情況下。Multiple=複式的，多數的，多樣的。Occasion=機會, 時刻。Bo Bo was the occasion of the trouble=Bo Bo是糾紛的根源。on great occasions=在大慶[盛典]時期。
(note 4) post- traumatic stress disorder=創傷後遺症, 簡稱PTSD。Traumatic=損傷的，創傷的。Trauma= (精神)創傷。
(note 5) legal age of consent=合法年齡〔尤指少女法律上達到可以自主的年齡〕。Consent to do=同意，贊成，應允，答應。consent to a proposal=贊同提案。 consent to give a lecture=答應演講。with the consent of Julian=得到Julian同意。
(note 6) exerted control=控制。Exert=行使, 發揮。exert an influence=施加影響。Victor exerts himself to the utmost= Victor已盡全力。
Victor’s View: People taking advantage of young girls’ innocence should be condemned and severely punished. Teenagers should always stay alert.
(Victor Fung Keung, director of HK Baptist University’s M.A. in international journalism program, has published 4 books on English-enhancement [the latest, titled <<學會演說、改變你的人生>>, was published on July 18] and plans to write 6 more by the end of 2012. Write to him: deanfungenglish@gmail.com)
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