THE two girls who were aged 12 and 15 when they were involved in
the case where a National Institute of Education (NIE) trainee had
sex with them a few years ago, are not as innocent as they
seem.
This is the overall view of straitstimes.com readers when they
reacted to the media reports on Wednesday.
Aaron Kok Chun Cheong, 23, a second-year trainee at NIE, was
sentenced to 15 months' jail on Tuesday.
He committed the offences in 2007 and 2008 while serving
national service.
Many argued that the girls were complicit in the act, especially
the then-12-year-old girl who had multiple sexual partners.
'The (then) 12-year-old girl is not innocent because she had a
few partners and even became pregnant (with one of them, and not
Kok himself),' said Gladys Dee.
Echoing her sentiments was HS Ng who felt that the girls were
not gullible but fully aware of their actions, and added that sex
among teenagers is so 'rampant' these days.
But others are concerned about how teachers seem to be in the
news lately as evidenced from the ex-MOE scholar Jonathan Wong, who
was arrested in the United Kingdom for possessing child
pornography.
Another reader Jacq Oh worried that 'paedophiles are
infiltrating the teaching population as a means to reach out to
their prey'.
Reader Siti Nor'aini Abdul Samat joined in the call for NIE to
be more stringent in their candidate selections.
A Ministry of Education spokesman said it would initiate
disciplinary proceedings against Kok, with a view to terminating
him from service.
She said the ministry adopted a stringent recruitment process to
ensure that suitable applicants with a passion to teach are
selected, apart from academic qualifications.
That chio bu is too young to think i can tell u. Just castrated
all guys that fuck her. Fucking devilss.
