Too bad he is not a FT, if not he might get away with a
fine.
http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/article.as…
SINGAPORE: Two men were dealt with in a
district court on Friday for molesting girls in separate
incidents.
The first offender is 32—year—old Colombian, Jorge Luis Lujan
Garcia. He was fined S$10,000 for outraging the modesty of an
11—year—old primary school student.
He could have been jailed up to two years, and fined or caned
for the offence.
The stocky South American, who works as an initiative manager in
Singapore, had entered a lift with the girl at a condominium in the
eastern part of Singapore at around 4pm on April 17, last year.
He then used his right hand to touch her buttocks for about two
seconds.
Garcia pleaded guilty to the offence on Friday.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Fu Qijing told the court that the
student kept quiet throughout her ordeal as she did not know how to
respond to the situation.
She later told her mother about it when she reached home and the
police were notified.
Defence counsel Gary Leonard Low said Garcia was remorseful and
urged the judge to impose a stiff fine on his client instead of
sending him to jail.
Mr Low also said that Garcia did not touch the girl’s private
parts.
However, DPP Fu stressed that the girl was
a minor and she could not escape from Garcia as the offence took
place within the confines of a lift.
In the other incident, a 50—year—old recalcitrant molester was
sentenced to three years’ jail for outraging the modesty of three
teenage girls.
Toh Boon Cheong, who had earlier been convicted of six other
molest charges between 1994 and 2003, committed his latest string
of offences between September and October, last year.
He originally faced five molest charges but two of them were
taken into consideration.
In one of the cases, the storeman molested a 13—year—old student
on a south—bound train travelling from Choa Chu Kang to Yew Tee
MRT station.
The other two teenagers were molested at Choa Chu Kang Loop.
— CNA/fa