China national acquitted of committing trespass at MBS
Published on Mar 16, 2012
30-year-old Chinese business executive Chen Xi was acquitted of committing trespass at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel by entering the room of two Taiwanese women but still faces a charge of outraging the modesty of one of them at about 5.15am on Sept 3, 2011. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
By Khushwant Singh
A Chinese national was acquitted of committing trespass at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel by entering the room occupied by two Taiwanese women with the intention of causing alarm.
Business executive Chen Xi, 30, still faces a charge of outraging the modesty of one of the women at about 5.15am on Sept 3, 2011.
The prosecution had proceeded with the criminal trespass charge but after hearing the three-day trial, District Judge Jasvender Kaur said on Friday that the prosecution had failed to challenge vital parts of Chen?s testimony and to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Chen had testified that he had returned to his room at 3.30am after celebratory drinks following a successful business meeting. Some hours later, he woke up as he felt warm and went out onto the balcony to have a cigarette. He was dizzy and in the throes of a hangover.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
30-year-old Chinese business executive Chen Xi was acquitted of committing trespass at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel by entering the room of two Taiwanese women but still faces a charge of outraging the modesty of one of them at about 5.15am on Sept 3, 2011. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
By Khushwant Singh
A Chinese national was acquitted of committing trespass at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel by entering the room occupied by two Taiwanese women with the intention of causing alarm.
Business executive Chen Xi, 30, still faces a charge of outraging the modesty of one of the women at about 5.15am on Sept 3, 2011.
The prosecution had proceeded with the criminal trespass charge but after hearing the three-day trial, District Judge Jasvender Kaur said on Friday that the prosecution had failed to challenge vital parts of Chen?s testimony and to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Chen had testified that he had returned to his room at 3.30am after celebratory drinks following a successful business meeting. Some hours later, he woke up as he felt warm and went out onto the balcony to have a cigarette. He was dizzy and in the throes of a hangover.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
