By Elena Chong
A FORMER television actor and model agency owner was fined
$6,000 on Thursday for molesting a former pub operations manager
three years ago.
Mark Chow Yee Sze, 30, a 1994 Mr Teenage Singapore, had been
found guilty earlier of touching the then 25-year-old woman all
over, including her breast, while she was resting in the office of
the downtown pub on Jan 10, 2007.
The woman was unwell and had taken some medication before she
reported for work at the pub on the evening of Jan 9 that year.
Subsequently, she went to her office to rest.
Chow was captured on the pub's CCTV doing various things to the
woman, such as tickling her palm, stroking her cheek and patting
her butt, while she was lying on the sofa. In his defence, he
denied molesting her and told the court that he was merely trying
to wake her up.
District Judge Sarjit Singh agreed with defence counsel Subhas
Anandan that the touch of the chest was a fleeting one, and a stiff
fine would do.
Chow still has four molestation charges involving one woman and
three criminal intimidation charges, which will be mentioned in the
same court on April 21. He could have been jailed for up to two
years or fined or caned or received any two such punishments for
the offence.
Enough liao. Fine > $2000 or jail > 3 months means cannot
go for election for 5 years.
