SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 66-year-old male
suspect for a case of outrage of modesty.
Police were notified of the case on Friday evening
when an 11-year-old victim reported that he was kissed and touched
inappropriately by an unknown man in the vicinity of Yishun Street
11.
Following the report, officers from Ang Mo Kio
Police Division conducted extensive follow-up and managed to
establish the identity of the 66-year-old suspect.
The suspect was arrested an hour from the time of the report.
The suspect will be charged in Court on Saturday for three counts
of Outrage of Modesty under Section 354(2) of the Penal Code,
Chapter 224, which carries an imprisonment term of up to five years
and caning.
- CNA/xq