Apr 1, 2010
Mark Chow fined $6,000
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Former television actor and model agency owner, Mark Chow Yee Sze, was fined $6,000 for molesting a former pub operations manager three years ago. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
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A FORMER television actor and model agency owner was fined $6,000 on Thursday for molesting a former pub operations manager three years ago.
Mark Chow Yee Sze, 30, a 1994 Mr Teenage Singapore, had been found guilty earlier of touching the then 25-year-old woman all over, including her breast, while she was resting in the office of the downtown pub on Jan 10, 2007.
The woman was unwell and had taken some medication before she reported for work at the pub on the evening of Jan 9 that year. Subsequently, she went to her office to rest.
Chow was captured on the pub's CCTV doing various things to the woman, such as tickling her palm, stroking her cheek and patting her butt, while she was lying on the sofa. In his defence, he denied molesting her and told the court that he was merely trying to wake her up.
District Judge Sarjit Singh agreed with defence counsel Subhas Anandan that the touch of the chest was a fleeting one, and a stiff fine would do.
Chow still has four molestation charges involving one woman and three criminal intimidation charges, which will be mentioned in the same court on April 21. He could have been jailed for up to two years or fined or caned or received any two such punishments for the offence.
Mark Chow fined $6,000
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A FORMER television actor and model agency owner was fined $6,000 on Thursday for molesting a former pub operations manager three years ago.
Mark Chow Yee Sze, 30, a 1994 Mr Teenage Singapore, had been found guilty earlier of touching the then 25-year-old woman all over, including her breast, while she was resting in the office of the downtown pub on Jan 10, 2007.
The woman was unwell and had taken some medication before she reported for work at the pub on the evening of Jan 9 that year. Subsequently, she went to her office to rest.
Chow was captured on the pub's CCTV doing various things to the woman, such as tickling her palm, stroking her cheek and patting her butt, while she was lying on the sofa. In his defence, he denied molesting her and told the court that he was merely trying to wake her up.
District Judge Sarjit Singh agreed with defence counsel Subhas Anandan that the touch of the chest was a fleeting one, and a stiff fine would do.
Chow still has four molestation charges involving one woman and three criminal intimidation charges, which will be mentioned in the same court on April 21. He could have been jailed for up to two years or fined or caned or received any two such punishments for the offence.
