Worker charged with molesting man
Published on Jan 10, 2012
An odd-job worker stood in the dock on Monday, his head bowed and hands clasped in front of him, listening as he was formally accused of an offence seldom heard of here - that of outraging the modesty of a man.
Lim Chye Thiam, 54, was charged with two counts of using criminal force and squeezing his 21-year-old victim's privates. The offence allegedly took place in the void deck of a block in Teban Gardens last month.
The Straits Times understands that the pair did not know each other previously. Lim is out on police bail and is next due in court next month.
Lawyer Irving Choh, who is uninvolved in the case, said such cases are rare, and that he has come across only one other in his 18 years in practice.
Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
