SINGAPORE: A former taxi driver was jailed two weeks
on Monday after he molested his neighbour's maid in July last
year.
Sixty-two-year-old Tan Heng Lee was found guilty of
outraging the modesty of the 32-year-old Indonesian domestic worker
in a residential unit in Tampines.
On July 19 last year, Tan went to visit his
neighour, and was let into the house by his maid.
She went to the kitchen to cook, and was later approached by Tan
there.
He hugged her from behind while touching her breasts over her
T-shirt.
She then turned around to shout at him, and also rejected his
apology.
She later informed her employer of the incident, who then advised
her to make a police report.
Tan, who is married with two grown-up children, was arrested
shortly after.
The court heard that Tan, who has no prior convictions, regretted
his act and had meant for it to "be a joke".
He could have been jailed up to two years and fined.
- CNA/cc
