I hv read a few threads abt drivers worried abt molest
allegations when they get into disputes with female pax.
Of course la, you musn't molest your pax, male or female. If you
do that, you will for sure 1 day get into trouble that you deserve.
And don't think if you got away once, you can get away again. Most
molesters that are caught are not first timers, it's only the first
time they are caught.
Now I only wanna focus on wrongful allegations. First of all,
it's not just her word against your word, or that the Singapore Law
favours women - Woman's Charter etc. All of that has nothing to to
do with outraging modesty.
A molest allegation will have to involve making a police report
and a proper police investigation. This is not China, arrested
today, comvicted tomorrow and jailed the day after. Our courts
don't just take the allegation at face value, they look very deeply
into the circumstances of the case.
Accidental touching is not mloest unless you intended to outrage
the persons modesty. You touch a woman's hand is that molest? Of
course you touch the breast or privates, when you have no business,
that's different.
If the female pax sat infront alone, that does not make her case
very good in a molest allegation. Even if got 2 or 3 females like
the school girls at Katong, that case also very suspicious. The
Courts will consider whether the TD was so stupid or daring to
molest someone with witnesses present.
Then the police also looks at the circumstances, did the TD
suggest anything sexual prior to the 'molest', did he drop hints.
All this never do, then suddenly he groped a woman? Very
strange.
What did the victim do, go home, watch tv, talk to her friends
and then make a report? or did she act shocked, was her demeanour
fitting with normal cases of molest - outraged?
Finally there is always the option of volunterring for a 'lie
detector test' - this cannot be used in court but it helps in
investigations. If the TD volunteered for the test and passed, that
will favour his case tremendously, or if the victim refuses to give
one or gives conflicting statements.
So don't be afraid of these allegations if you're innocent,
always insist on calling the police, making a report or the very
least inform your company.
Remember if you're innocent, you needn't worry.
