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Man sentenced to jail, cane for molesting stranger during New Year's Day festivities
Published on Feb 9, 2015 12:17 PM
By Ian Poh
SINGAPORE - Taking advantage of the festive mood, a construction worker molested a stranger on New Year's Day this year.
Parthiban Pandu hugged his 44-year-old victim from behind, and she thought it was just a friend. He squeezed her breasts as she was turning around to see who it was, and swiped his hand against her private part area before she could react.
On Monday, Parthiban, who is from India, was sentenced to 10 months in jail and ordered to be given three strokes of the cane. The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to outraging his victim's modesty just after midnight on Jan 1.
The court heard that the incident took place in a recreation centre for foreign workers in Soon Lee Road, in Boon Lay.
