Remember how back in the days, your parents often recite this statement?
“If It’s Not Yours, Don’t Touch It.”
This is applicable to other’s possessions and humans as well. Because let’s face it, nobody likes to be touched without consent.
Apparently, these 5 men missed the memo.
5 Men Charged With Molesting Women on Separate Occasions
On Thursday (27 May), five men between the age of 26 and 50 were charged in court for molesting women on separate occasions.
The five men in question are Toh Lam Seng, 50; Nguyen Chi Cong, 31; Koyya Syama Sundara Rao, 37; Kasinathan Gumaresan, 34; and Helmi Norman, 26. The former four each face one count of outrage of modesty, while the latter faces two charges of outrage of modesty.
On top of that, Helmi, a Singaporean, also faces an additional charge of insulting the modesty of a 26-year-old woman. He had commented to her that her breasts were bigger than another woman’s on 22 July 2019. On the same day, he had also allegedly squeezed her breasts twice at night around 11.20 pm and 11.25 pm.
The incident took place at the fitness corner of Block 217 Yishun Street 21.
Were these people just never taught how to keep their hands to themselves?
Gumaresan, an Indian national, has also been accused of using criminal force to molest a 48-year-old woman’s buttock over her clothing. The incident took place on 18 October last year, at around 9pm at Bruno’s Pizzeria on 544 Serangoon Road.
He told the court on Thursday that he was drunk at the time of the incident and did not remember committing the crime.
Nguyễn Chi Cong, a Vietnamese national, is said to have touched the buttocks of a 33-year-old woman. The incident took place on 8 April this year, around 7.50pm at a Sheng Siong Supermarket outlet at Block 675 Yishun Avenue 4.
Similarly, Rao, an Indian National, is said to have touched the left buttock of a 31-year-old woman. The incident took place in a shop on 9 November last year. The location of the shop was not released to the media.
Toh, a Singaporean, faces higher penalties compared to the other four for molesting a minor. He is accused of touching a 13-year-old on her shoulder, upper arm, left breast, hip area and inner thigh area. The incident took place on 22 June last year, at a Pets Keepers shop at Block 131 Marsiling Rise.
For each charge of outrage of a woman, one can be sentenced to two years’ jail, a fine and caning.
For the offence of insulting the modesty of a woman, one can be sentenced to one year of jail, fined, or both.
In comparison, the offence of intending to outrage the modesty of a child under the age of 14 carries a higher penalty. One found guilty of this offence can be sentenced to up to five years’ jail, a fine, caning, or any combination of these punishments.
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