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Court shown video of rape accused dancing
Defendant testifies that woman was dancing sexily, as if seducing him
By Elena Chong, Court Correspondent
A MAN accused of rape was seen dancing with his alleged victim at a nightclub in video footage played in court yesterday.
The woman put her arms around Ong Mingwee's shoulders in the clip shown by the defence.
Ong, 28, who took the stand for the first time yesterday in the ongoing trial, is accused of raping the then-22-year-old at his Toa Payoh North flat after meeting her for the first time at Zouk.
He claimed she was dancing sexily, as if she was seducing him. He said he felt so embarrassed at one stage, as a lot of people were looking at them dancing, that he suggested they return to the table.
Ong said he was introduced to the woman and her girlfriend by a male friend on Feb 12, 2009 when he went to Zouk in Jiak Kim Street with his elder brother.
He said the woman pulled him to the dance floor and that she danced "very sexily" and in a seductive manner.
When she asked him to be her boyfriend, he turned her down, he claimed, adding that she also asked him to take her home later.
After the club closed, they got into a cab. He said he initially asked the taxi driver to head to her place but changed his mind after he and the woman kissed.
He claimed that she agreed to go to his place.
In his flat, above the family's provision shop which he manages, he led her to a bedroom.
He then left her there while he went to the toilet, and went for a smoke.
When he returned, he said, he found her crying and saying that she was scared and wanted to go home.
"I got a shock. I tried to calm her down by saying that I will not hurt or harm her in any way," he said.
Ong told the court that he tried to have sex with her but failed the first time. Subsequently, when he asked her if he could have sex with her, she nodded, he claimed. "We started kissing again. She was not crying. I had sex with her."
After sex, he kissed her on the cheek and showed her the way out, he said, adding that he did not take her home as he was "not in the mood".
Police arrested him that evening after the woman reported that she had been raped.
Examined by his lawyer Goh Siok Leng, Ong said he had sex with the woman with her consent. He denied raping or threatening her by saying she could not leave unless she had sex with him.
Under cross-examination by Deputy Public Prosecutor Leong Wing Tuck, Ong said that other than at the dance floor, the woman had not tried to seduce him.
He confirmed that that was not the first time he had sex with a woman at his home.
He also said neither he nor the alleged victim was drunk.
When DPP Leong pointed out that two prosecution witnesses had given evidence that the woman had stumbled or was unstable on her feet, Ong said she was walking "very normally".
He said he wanted to take her home as he liked her and wanted to spend time with her.
He also claimed that he had no intention of having sex with her when he took her to his flat.
Asked by DPP Leong why he had said he would not "harm or hurt" her, Ong said it was just natural.
"Could it be that you actually had some ill intent in bringing her to your place?" asked the DPP.
Ong said no.
If convicted, he could be jailed for up to 20 years and fined or caned.
The case continues.
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Defendant testifies that woman was dancing sexily, as if seducing him
By Elena Chong, Court Correspondent
A MAN accused of rape was seen dancing with his alleged victim at a nightclub in video footage played in court yesterday.
The woman put her arms around Ong Mingwee's shoulders in the clip shown by the defence.
Ong, 28, who took the stand for the first time yesterday in the ongoing trial, is accused of raping the then-22-year-old at his Toa Payoh North flat after meeting her for the first time at Zouk.
He claimed she was dancing sexily, as if she was seducing him. He said he felt so embarrassed at one stage, as a lot of people were looking at them dancing, that he suggested they return to the table.
Ong said he was introduced to the woman and her girlfriend by a male friend on Feb 12, 2009 when he went to Zouk in Jiak Kim Street with his elder brother.
He said the woman pulled him to the dance floor and that she danced "very sexily" and in a seductive manner.
When she asked him to be her boyfriend, he turned her down, he claimed, adding that she also asked him to take her home later.
After the club closed, they got into a cab. He said he initially asked the taxi driver to head to her place but changed his mind after he and the woman kissed.
He claimed that she agreed to go to his place.
In his flat, above the family's provision shop which he manages, he led her to a bedroom.
He then left her there while he went to the toilet, and went for a smoke.
When he returned, he said, he found her crying and saying that she was scared and wanted to go home.
"I got a shock. I tried to calm her down by saying that I will not hurt or harm her in any way," he said.
Ong told the court that he tried to have sex with her but failed the first time. Subsequently, when he asked her if he could have sex with her, she nodded, he claimed. "We started kissing again. She was not crying. I had sex with her."
After sex, he kissed her on the cheek and showed her the way out, he said, adding that he did not take her home as he was "not in the mood".
Police arrested him that evening after the woman reported that she had been raped.
Examined by his lawyer Goh Siok Leng, Ong said he had sex with the woman with her consent. He denied raping or threatening her by saying she could not leave unless she had sex with him.
Under cross-examination by Deputy Public Prosecutor Leong Wing Tuck, Ong said that other than at the dance floor, the woman had not tried to seduce him.
He confirmed that that was not the first time he had sex with a woman at his home.
He also said neither he nor the alleged victim was drunk.
When DPP Leong pointed out that two prosecution witnesses had given evidence that the woman had stumbled or was unstable on her feet, Ong said she was walking "very normally".
He said he wanted to take her home as he liked her and wanted to spend time with her.
He also claimed that he had no intention of having sex with her when he took her to his flat.
Asked by DPP Leong why he had said he would not "harm or hurt" her, Ong said it was just natural.
"Could it be that you actually had some ill intent in bringing her to your place?" asked the DPP.
Ong said no.
If convicted, he could be jailed for up to 20 years and fined or caned.
The case continues.
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