SINGAPORE: A rag-and-bone man was sentenced on
Wednesday to six weeks' jail for molesting a woman last year at the
Istana Open House over the Hari Raya public
holiday.
Fifty-four-year-old Woo Fok Meng pleaded guilty to
squeezing the woman's buttocks while watching a band performance
there on August 30 last year.
The mother of three confronted Woo and then alerted
the police.
Woo's lawyer, Josephus Tan, asked for leniency as the offence was
committed on the spur of the moment and the offending act was
brief.
Court documents revealed that Woo, a Malaysian, was jailed six
months in 1999 for a similar offence.
He was then deported to Malaysia after serving his sentence, and
returned to Singapore July last year for job opportunities.
The court heard that Woo would most likely be deported again.
For outrage of modesty, Woo could have been jailed up to two years,
fined and caned.
- CNA/wk
