Cosmetic doctor charged with molest of male patient
Tan Kok Leong, 49, was accused of three charges of outraging the modesty of a 33-year-old Malaysian doctor, and another two of administering drugs so that he could molest him.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
Published 18 August 2015
Elena Chong
Court Correspondent
A cosmetic doctor allegedly molested a male liposuction patient three times – twice after injecting him with stupefying drugs in a hotel room, where he had taken him to “recuperate”, a court heard yesterday.
Tan Kok Leong, 49, went on trial accused of three charges of outraging the modesty of a 33-year-old Malaysian doctor, who cannot be named due to a gag order. He faces another two of administering drugs so that he could molest him.
The court heard that he first touched the fellow doctor’s genitals during a liposuction procedure on his waist at Life Source Medical Centre at Novena Medical Centre on June 6, 2013.
On July 5 that year, he performed another liposuction procedure on the man at the clinic and then told him that he had booked a room for him at the nearby Oasia Hotel, where he could rest afterwards.
In an agreed statement of facts, Deputy Public Prosecutor Victor Lim said that when the pair got there, Tan told his patient he would inject him with the sleeping drug Dormicum and painkiller Rosiden.
Tan then allegedly pulled down the other doctor’s shorts and took photographs of his genitals.
Both men stayed at the hotel the next day, when Tan allegedly repeated the two offences.
The defence argued that the complainant could not have been molested during the June 6 liposuction as his girlfriend, also a doctor, was present along with another doctor.
Lawyers Edmond Pereira and Vickie Tan said the complainant was fully awake during the procedure and had consented to the photos being taken at the hotel.
Tan was a partner at Life Source Medical Practice, which has since closed, and was licensed to perform liposuction.
The maximum punishment for outrage of modesty is two years’ jail, a fine and caning. For administering of stupefying drugs, the maximum is 10 years’ jail and caning.
The hearing continues.
