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The Ten Courts of Hell

In his story, Dante endured a rollercoaster of events before reaching hell. Luckily, the Chinese Ten Courts of Hell is far easier to visit today, as a version conveniently exists in the south of Singapore, at the heart of a largely ignored statue park known as Haw Par Villa.

This version of the 10 courts is most likely an accumulation of culture and beliefs over many centuries, but given that Justice Bao is one of

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