This dude used to be my undergrad classmate. In retrospect, this wouldn't really change my attitude towards him, but undeniably, it does change my perception and opinion about him somewhat - which is not all bad. Still, he's not doing too bad now though, which goes to show elitist and meritocratic sillypore does have its commendable points.
ST, Sg, 4 April 2002
Jail and cane for undergrad who molested 13-year-old
A FIRST-YEAR undergraduate was given a stiff 15-month jail term and three strokes of the cane yesterday for molesting a 13-year-old, in a move by the courts to warn those who prey on under-16s.
Statistics produced in court showed that there were 62 teenage molest victims between last November and January this year.
Molestations of under-16s formed 20 per cent, or 17 out of 79 molest cases, last November. This went up to 31 per cent, or 28 out of 91 cases, in January.
District Judge W*** K*** O** noted these figures when he sentenced C**** W****, 21, a N******* U********* of S******** (NUS) student.
C****, a part-time drum coach at a secondary school, was alone with the 13-year-old girl when he made her masturbate him.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohamed Nasser Ismail said Chong had planned the assault and abused his position as an instructor to satisfy his sexual urges.
Agreeing, the judge said C****, a former student of R****** I********** and R****** J***** C******, had taken advantage of his position of authority and trust.
'It is in the public interest that a stiff sentence be meted out to reflect the gravity of the offences,' he said.
A second charge involving a 14-year-old was taken into consideration.
C****'s lawyer, Mr C***** A** C***, had earlier described his client as a 'bright young man' selected to take part in a scholar programme in NUS Arts faculty.
An accomplished percussionist, C**** was a member of the award-winning Sg Wind Symphony.
He could have been jailed for up to two years, caned and fined up to $10,000.
http://www.corpun.com/sgj00204.htm
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