Straits Times
scholar Eisen Teo, 28, had his scholarship revoked and was sacked
by the paper on allegations of underage sex. (AFP file photo)
A reporter sacked
by The Straits Times last week is under police
investigation over an allegation of underage sex, the
paper reported Saturday.
28-year-old Eisen
Teo was a Singapore Press Holdings scholar who worked for two
school magazines published by the media firm, Little Red Dot and
In.
In its report, ST said Teo was fired on 18 January this year after
an internal investigation. He had been questioned by police in
December.
According to his LinkedIn account, Teo previously attended Dunman
High School and the then-Raffles Junior College. He was also the
valedictorian of his university cohort, majoring in history at the
National University of Singapore (NUS). He graduated from NUS in
2009.
Late Friday night, Teo, who is married, deactivated his Facebook
account, as well as his blog, and restricted his tweets, which were
previously publicly visible.
Twitter was abuzz with mixed reaction to news of the sacking, with
most users reacting with shock.
