A POLICE officer was sentenced to 10 months' jail on Wednesday
after he was convicted of molesting a young auxiliary police
constable.
But Ng Kok Peng, 33, a senior staff sergeant, is appealing
against conviction and sentence. He is released on $10,000
bail.
District Judge Sarjit Singh convicted him on Monday after a
trial of kissing the 22-year-old and squeezing her breast at a
staircase landing at Woodlands Checkpoint on Jan 18 last year. She
is no longer with the auxiliary police force.
Ng, from Jurong police division, had been deployed at the
checkpoint at the time as a deputy team leader. During the trial,
the victim testified that Ng had invited her for a smoke at the 7th
floor staircase landing where he molested her.
After the incident, she went to the toilet to wash herself as
she had found his action disgusting.
She related the incident separately to two colleagues who told
her to lodge a report but she was reluctant to do so. She finally
did so six days later. Ng could have been jailed for up to two
years or fined or caned or received any combined punishment.
-- ST
