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Quote:SINGAPORE: A 28-year-old foreign worker was on Thursday (Sep 17) sentenced to eight months in jail for molesting a woman on a crowded MRT train in June.
The victim, who cannot be named to protect her identity, had boarded the train at Sembawang station, heading towards Raffles Place station.
She took a seat next to the accused. When Islam noticed that the woman had fallen asleep, he decided to “give in to the urge to touch her”. He pretended to cross his arms over his chest and slipped his left hand under his right elbow and reached over to touch the victim’s chest.
The accused began to slowly rub the victim’s breast to “test” if she would wake up, the court heard. Emboldened by the fact that she continued to sleep, Islam continued to rub her more forcefully.
That roused the woman and upon realising what had happened, she shouted at the accused and used her mobile phone to take a picture of him. Islam apologised to the victim but claimed the touch was accidental. The victim made a police report later that day.
Upon his arrest, Islam initially feigned ignorance, but subsequently admitted to the offence.
In sentencing Islam, District Judge Ng Peng Hong said a strong signal needed to be sent that "this kind of behavior on public transport cannot be tolerated”.
Islam could have faced up to two years in jail, a fine and caning for his offence.
The victim, who cannot be named to protect her identity, had boarded the train at Sembawang station, heading towards Raffles Place station.
She took a seat next to the accused. When Islam noticed that the woman had fallen asleep, he decided to “give in to the urge to touch her”. He pretended to cross his arms over his chest and slipped his left hand under his right elbow and reached over to touch the victim’s chest.
The accused began to slowly rub the victim’s breast to “test” if she would wake up, the court heard. Emboldened by the fact that she continued to sleep, Islam continued to rub her more forcefully.
That roused the woman and upon realising what had happened, she shouted at the accused and used her mobile phone to take a picture of him. Islam apologised to the victim but claimed the touch was accidental. The victim made a police report later that day.
Upon his arrest, Islam initially feigned ignorance, but subsequently admitted to the offence.
In sentencing Islam, District Judge Ng Peng Hong said a strong signal needed to be sent that "this kind of behavior on public transport cannot be tolerated”.
Islam could have faced up to two years in jail, a fine and caning for his offence.
