Gynaecologist struck off register for having sex with minor
Published on Jun 12, 2015 9:18 AM
Obstetrician and gynaecologist Ong Theng Kiat, 64, was jailed for 10 months in 2014 for two counts of sex with a minor. -- PHOTO: ST FILE
By Melissa Lin
SINGAPORE - A medical specialist who was convicted of having sex with a minor has been struck off the register of doctors.
Obstetrician and gynaecologist Ong Theng Kiat, 64, was jailed for 10 months in 2014 for two counts of sex with a minor.
He had slept with a 14-year-old girl twice, in 2011 and early 2012. She lodged a police report in September 2012, and he was arrested and released on bail in December that year.
But the following year, when filling up a form to renew his practising certificate, he answered "No" to the question of whether he was the subject of any police investigation which might form the basis of professional misconduct. The Singapore Medical Council (SMC) fined him $4,000 for the false declaration.
