Molester targeted children

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Dec 8, 2009

Molester targeted children
By Elena Chong, Courts Correspondent
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A 49-YEAR-OLD paedophile who said he had the urge to touch young girls twice a week on Tuesday admitted to a series of molests - including that of a one-year-old. Salim Abdul Rahman would target seven to nine-year-olds by pretending to ask for directions or offering them food before he molested them in mainly HDB staircase landings between March and September this year. His victims were almost always alone. On Tuesday the unemployed man admitted to six charges of molestation and one of illegal employment. Deputy Public Prosecutor Ruth Wong said Salim was arrested on Sept 25 after he had molested a seven-year-old girl in Yishun Central. He had approached her at a void deck and pretended to ask for the direction to another block.

 

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Dec 9, 2009

Serial molester targeted kids
Paedophile would pretend to ask for directions or offer food before molesting young girls

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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A 49-YEAR-OLD paedophile, who said he had the urge to touch young girls twice a week, on Tuesday admitted to a series of molestations, including that of a one-year-old. Salim Abdul Rahman would target seven- to nine-year-olds by pretending to ask for directions or offering them food before he molested them between March and September this year. On Tuesday, the unemployed man admitted to six charges of molestation and one of illegal employment. Deputy Public Prosecutor Ruth Wong said Salim was arrested on Sept 25 after he had molested a seven-year-old girl in Yishun Central. He had approached her at a void deck and pretended to ask for directions to another block. When the girl said she was not sure, he grabbed her by the hand and took her to a staircase landing, where he molested her. He fled when he heard someone approaching. In March, Salim was sitting outside his flat when he saw a woman walk past with a baby in her arm and her year-old daughter in tow. She carried on walking but soon realised her daughter was not behind her. She then saw Salim carrying the child before kissing her on the lips. She shouted at him and said he had no right to kiss the victim.

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