A full-time national serviceman was fined a total of $6,000 on
Thursday for touching the buttocks of a woman and a teenage
girl.
Xu Zhengxiong, 21, pleaded guilty to the two offences which took
place at HDB blocks in Punggol in July and September last year.
A district court heard that a 41-year-old woman was outside her
unit along the common corridor at about 10pm on July 5 when Xu came
from behind and squeezed her left buttocks.
Shocked, she turned around and saw Xu standing behind her. She
shouted for help and alerted her husband who gave chase but lost Xu
who fled down the stairs.
On Sept 3, he struck again. He trailed a 14-year-old girl who
was walking home near Punggol Plaza. When the girl reached her
block and pressed the lift button, Xu followed her.
As she entered the lift, she suddenly felt someone touching her
buttocks. Xu immediately retracted his hand and walked away briskly
when she turned around. She went home and called the police. The
court heard that on both occasions, Xu had worn a cap.
Xu was arrested the next day by a police ambush party. A third
similar charge was taken into consideration. Xu could have been
jailed for up to two years or fined or caned or received any two
such punishments for each outrage of modesty charge.
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Crime/Story/A1Story20080214-49601.html
