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A FORMER IT engineer was fined a total of $8,000 on Tuesday for
molesting a doctor during a consultation.
Pham Thai Ha, 30, a Singapore permanent resident, was convicted
last week by District Judge Kamala Ponnampalam of holding the
26-year-old doctor's shoulders and trying to kiss her when he was
seeking treatment for a rash on a finger.
The incident took place at a clinic in Clementi on June 8 last
year. He was also found guilty of using criminal force on the
doctor by grasping her hand and pulling her to him. The doctor had
testified that after prescribing an antibiotic cream for the rash
on Pham's finger, he complained about a rash on his buttocks. On
examining him, she found dark skin patches there.
She alleged that he was then aroused, and reached for her hand
and tried to tug it towards him. She pulled away and went to her
table, but he sat naked on the couch and asked: 'Are you sure
you've finished checking?'
He then got dressed, went behind her, put his hands on her
shoulders, leaned down and said he liked her very much. When he
next tried to steal a kiss, she shouted for the nurse, she
said.
Pham left the room but returned a while later to apologise; he
also laid a finger on his lips to ask for her discretion. Pham,
defended by Mr P.E. Ashokan, could have been jailed for up to two
years, fined or caned or received any combination of the
punishments for outrage of modesty.
Source:
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_592533.html
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Looking at how PR are granted to foreigners clearing some of
their status should be revovked and they should be sent back to
their country. The photo shown of the criminal's expression of glee
and content shows that he may do the same thing again in fture.
after all its just a fine to them. Is this how foreigners can
behave after they get their PR status?
