Cop jailed for molest

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Oct 6, 2010
Cop jailed for molest

By Elena Chong

A POLICE officer was sentenced to 10 months' jail on Wednesday after he was convicted of molesting a young auxiliary police constable. But Ng Kok Peng, 33, a senior staff sergeant, is appealing against conviction and sentence. He is released on $10,000 bail. District Judge Sarjit Singh convicted him on Monday after a trial of kissing the 22-year-old and squeezing her breast at a staircase landing at Woodlands Checkpoint on Jan 18 last year. She is no longer with the auxiliary police force.

Ng, from Jurong police division, had been deployed at the checkpoint at the time as a deputy team leader. During the trial, the victim testified that Ng had invited her for a smoke at the 7th floor staircase landing where he molested her. After the incident, she went to the toilet to wash herself as she had found his action disgusting. She related the incident separately to two colleagues who told her to lodge a report but she was reluctant to do so. She finally did so six days later. Ng could have been jailed for up to two years or fined or caned or received any combined punishment.

 

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Jail for cop for molesting PC


Oct 7, 2010
Jail for cop for molesting PC

Ng, an acting deputy team leader at the time of the offence, is out on bail pending an appeal. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

A POLICE officer who was convicted of molesting a 22-year-old auxiliary police constable was sentenced to 10 months' jail yesterday. Ng Kok Peng, a senior staff sergeant with Jurong Police Division, was found guilty on Monday after a nine-day trial. He faced charges of kissing the woman constable and squeezing her breast.

The incident occurred on Jan 18 last year on a staircase landing at Woodlands checkpoint, where Ng, 33, had been deployed for the last seven years. He was acting deputy team leader at the time of the offence. Ng is out on $10,000 bail, pending his appeal against conviction and sentence. District Judge Sarjit Singh told Ng that he should have known better than to flout the law since he was a police officer.