NUS Molester Responded; Claimed The Root Cause is His ‘Indecent Mentality’

2019-09-29 , 11:00 am

In the last few days, NUS students have been studying doubly hard.

Why, you ask.

Because if you’ve got goody results from NUS, you can molest people without going to jail.

Oh.

If you don’t get the joke (or is it a joke…?) and hadn’t been alive in the last few days, here’s a recap: an NUS student was given a probation after being found guilty for molesting. The outrage stemmed from the judge’s premise for the sentencing: she said that the NUS student, Terence Siow, has good results and therefore can excel in life.

No doubt pitchforks are readied by netizens towards the judge, but Terence has remained silent.

Until now.

Interview with Shimin Daily News

As usual, it’s the Chinese newspaper that managed to score an interview.

According to the Chinese daily, the undergraduate admitted that it was a grave mistake, and that he was extremely remorseful for the pain caused to the victim.

He added that he wasn’t clear-headed that day (maybe another head was clearer), and claimed that the root cause is his indecent mentality. For that, he’s undergoing counselling and seeking psychiatric treatment so that he won’t repeat the same mistake.

This was revealed in a letter addressed to the victim, and it’s not certain if NUS got him to write the letter…since Monica Beay also received a letter of apology as well #justsaying

But nevertheless, the letter sounded sincere though you’d never know if it’s ghostwritten by someone else.

Here’s the letter in full, courtesy of Mothership:

After the day of the incident, I have done a lot of self reflection. I am deeply remorseful for what I have done that day.

I realised my actions have brought about great distress and discomfort onto you. I am sincerely sorry for touching you without permission that day.

I realised that my actions that day showed an utter lack of respect and basic empathy.

I wasn’t the most clear headed that night, and as a result I ended up being unable to control myself and ultimately gave in to my urges.

I feel really bad for doing that. I know that is no excuse for my disrespectful and disgusting actions.

If another guy did the same thing to me, I would not have liked it, so all the more I shouldn’t have done onto you what I didn’t want others to do to me.

I am sorry for not showing any respect for your personal boundaries; I was being selfish and didn’t care about how you would feel just because I wanted to satisfy my own indecent urges.

I have learnt, dearly, that without permission, this is utterly wrong and will not be condoned in society.

Again, I deeply and sincerely apologise for my inconsiderate and violating behaviour that day.

For my actions, I have been duly punished by NUS; I have been suspended from school.

I have learnt my lesson and definitely will not do this again.

I understand that molest is a serious offence, and that the root cause of my actions was my indecent mentality.

Hence, I am currently undergoing counselling and seeking psychiatric treatment to bring myself back on the right track in life.

I am working with my counsellor/psychiatrist to ensure that I will not repeat the same mistake.

Words can’t express how regretful and remorseful I am for my actions that day.

This is a major turning point in my life, and I am fully committed to correcting my mentality and behaviour to become a changed man.

Please give me a chance to correct myself and become a value-adding member of society again.

I am truly sorry for my errant behaviour.

Suspended from School

As mentioned, Terence has been suspended from NUS but he has returned school this semester (the incident happened last year).

However, with the social pressure and with his face and name plastered all over the Internet, he’s not planning to go back to school tomorrow (30 September 2019)—he would be contacting the school to make alterative arrangements.

Oh, maybe he’s planning to go somewhere with free food and lodging, somewhere in the very east of Singapore?

The AGC intends to appeal his sentencing, and as of now, the Facebook post by his victim has garnered over 1.4K Shares.

But for some reason, the allegation of “$5,000 to compound the case for a lighter sentence” hasn’t been addressed anywhere.

Weird.

NUS Molester Responded; Claimed The Root Cause is His ‘Indecent Mentality’

Interview with Shimin Daily News

Suspended from School

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