Trainer fined for molest

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Nov 3, 2009
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Wee was fined $4,000 on Tuesday after he was found guilty of molesting a woman. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA
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A CORPORATE trainer was fined $4,000 on Tuesday after he was found guilty of molesting a woman. Wee Chor Kian, 55, was convicted by District Judge Lee Poh Choo of caressing the buttocks of a 37-year-old business development manager at the auditorium of the Singapore Institute of Management on June 25 last year. The incident took place during a photo-taking session at the Clementi campus before a talk was to be given. The woman was shocked and disturbed by what happened and told an SIM staff. Another witness called by the prosecution not only saw Wee using his hand to touch the victim's buttocks but also saw how she had reacted angrily after the act. Wee claimed in his defence that it was a frame-up or the brush was accidental. He could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined for outraging the woman's modesty.

 

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Nov 4, 2009
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A CORPORATE trainer and events organiser was ordered to pay a fine of $4,000 on Tuesday for molesting a woman. Wee Chor Kian, 55, was convicted after a trial of caressing the buttocks of a 37-year-old business development manager at the auditorium of the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM). The victim, who worked in a company which had jointly organised the talk, was having a group photo taken at the Clementi campus auditorium on June 25 last year when she was molested. Shocked and disturbed, she related the incident to a staff member of SIM, who testified as one of the prosecution witnesses. Another independent witness told the court that he was standing close by, to the left and rear of Wee during the photo-taking session, when he not only saw Wee touching the victim's buttocks, but also how angrily the woman reacted. Wee's defence was that he was framed or, alternatively, that he might have brushed against her body accidentally.