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Blood test on woman claiming she was drugged & molested proved negative
By Zul Othman | Posted: 25 March 2010 2249 hrs
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SINGAPORE : A blood test performed on a woman who said she was drugged and molested in a hotel room last year proved to be negative, a district court heard on Wednesday.
The test by the Health Sciences Authority was conducted on February 5 last year, the same day the Malaysian woman, 24, alleged that she was given a spiked herbal tea drink by former Grand Central Hotel boss Tan Hwa Kok, 44.
The toxicology report also did not find any traces of Zolpidem, the sleeping tablet which Tan allegedly gave the woman before molesting her.
But in court on Thursday, the slim, long-haired woman seemed unconvinced by the results and asked how long it took for such toxins to leave her body.
"For this question, Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Benjamin Yim will be asking the experts... I don't think any of us can answer," replied District Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng.
Earlier, the court was also shown seven SMS messages that Tan, then general manager of the hotel, had allegedly sent to the woman between 6.45pm and 8.45pm on February 5 after the alleged incident.
In the messages, Tan admitted to being intimate with the woman. She also agreed to be his girlfriend, he claimed. But in her SMS reply, she denied agreeing to be his girlfriend, the court heard.
Later that evening, the woman lodged a police report at the Singapore General Hospital, where she gave a blood sample to test for chemical substances in her body.
A male friend from Kuching accompanied her to the hospital and later spent the night with her in the hotel, she said, adding that they slept in the same room but in separate beds.
During questioning, DPP Yim asked her why much of her report focused on the spiking incidents rather than molest.
"My main concern was my health status... and also I would like to seek justice for myself," the woman said, through an interpreter.
"I'm not good at expressing myself... I felt that the (molest) was a result of the spiking incident (but) I was more upset about the molest," she added.
Both Tan and the woman met on February 3 after a female friend recommended her for a job at the hotel in Cavanagh Road.
She claimed she felt "uneasy" when she agreed to meet him for dinner the next day because she wanted to make a good impression as she was looking for a job at the hotel.
They met in a pub in Clarke Quay before the dinner and Tan slipped a white substance into her drink, she told the court. The next day they met again, on the day of the incident, and this time he spiked her tea.
Tan, who is married with two children, also offered her money but did not say what it was for, the woman claimed.
The hearing will resume on May 10.
- CNA/al
By Zul Othman | Posted: 25 March 2010 2249 hrs
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SINGAPORE : A blood test performed on a woman who said she was drugged and molested in a hotel room last year proved to be negative, a district court heard on Wednesday.
The test by the Health Sciences Authority was conducted on February 5 last year, the same day the Malaysian woman, 24, alleged that she was given a spiked herbal tea drink by former Grand Central Hotel boss Tan Hwa Kok, 44.
The toxicology report also did not find any traces of Zolpidem, the sleeping tablet which Tan allegedly gave the woman before molesting her.
But in court on Thursday, the slim, long-haired woman seemed unconvinced by the results and asked how long it took for such toxins to leave her body.
"For this question, Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Benjamin Yim will be asking the experts... I don't think any of us can answer," replied District Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng.
Earlier, the court was also shown seven SMS messages that Tan, then general manager of the hotel, had allegedly sent to the woman between 6.45pm and 8.45pm on February 5 after the alleged incident.
In the messages, Tan admitted to being intimate with the woman. She also agreed to be his girlfriend, he claimed. But in her SMS reply, she denied agreeing to be his girlfriend, the court heard.
Later that evening, the woman lodged a police report at the Singapore General Hospital, where she gave a blood sample to test for chemical substances in her body.
A male friend from Kuching accompanied her to the hospital and later spent the night with her in the hotel, she said, adding that they slept in the same room but in separate beds.
During questioning, DPP Yim asked her why much of her report focused on the spiking incidents rather than molest.
"My main concern was my health status... and also I would like to seek justice for myself," the woman said, through an interpreter.
"I'm not good at expressing myself... I felt that the (molest) was a result of the spiking incident (but) I was more upset about the molest," she added.
Both Tan and the woman met on February 3 after a female friend recommended her for a job at the hotel in Cavanagh Road.
She claimed she felt "uneasy" when she agreed to meet him for dinner the next day because she wanted to make a good impression as she was looking for a job at the hotel.
They met in a pub in Clarke Quay before the dinner and Tan slipped a white substance into her drink, she told the court. The next day they met again, on the day of the incident, and this time he spiked her tea.
Tan, who is married with two children, also offered her money but did not say what it was for, the woman claimed.
The hearing will resume on May 10.
- CNA/al
