The crime of rape supports compensation for moral damage. Rape is a crime against the rights and interests of the person, according to the "supreme people's court on determining the responsibility for moral damage compensation for civil infringement of article 1 of the interpretation", because of the rights and interests of the person or a specific thing of personal significance has been infringed upon, a natural person or his close relatives to the people's court lawsuit requesting compensation for moral damage, the people's court shall according to the law to be admissible.
Legal basis
Supreme People's Court on the determination of civil rights and interests of moral damages liability for several issues of the Interpretation
Because of the personal rights and interests of the person or a specific thing with personal significance is infringed upon, a natural person or his or her close relatives to the people's court lawsuit requesting compensation for moral damages, the people's court shall accept according to law.