SINGAPORE — He was attracted to a female national athlete after seeing her for the first time during a sporting event in 2016.
Toh Wen Jie, 20, then saw her again in the 2017 Singapore Youth Olympic Festival.
Thereafter, Toh harassed the 20-year-old woman through his online messages and actions for about one and a half years. He considered the woman "eye candy" and proclaimed her as his "future wife".
When the woman did not return Toh's affection, he visited her at her home and her father's workplace, emailed her father and her sporting association, and waited for her outside her university. He even hired a private investigator to film her and establish her daily routine.
When Toh's messages became aggressive, the woman, who cannot be named due to a gag order, accompanied her mother to file a police report in order to lodge a Magistrate's Complaint. However, this was dropped as the family did not want to meet Toh.
Toh pleaded guilty on Wednesday (14 April) to a single charge of unlawfully stalking the woman, then 19. He did so by attempting to contact her even after she indicated to him that his actions were considered harassment.
The alleged acts of harassment occurred between October 2018 and February 2020.
More at https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/sing...al-athlete-hired-pi-to-follow-her/ar-BB1fDBIK
Toh Wen Jie, 20, then saw her again in the 2017 Singapore Youth Olympic Festival.
Thereafter, Toh harassed the 20-year-old woman through his online messages and actions for about one and a half years. He considered the woman "eye candy" and proclaimed her as his "future wife".
When the woman did not return Toh's affection, he visited her at her home and her father's workplace, emailed her father and her sporting association, and waited for her outside her university. He even hired a private investigator to film her and establish her daily routine.
When Toh's messages became aggressive, the woman, who cannot be named due to a gag order, accompanied her mother to file a police report in order to lodge a Magistrate's Complaint. However, this was dropped as the family did not want to meet Toh.
Toh pleaded guilty on Wednesday (14 April) to a single charge of unlawfully stalking the woman, then 19. He did so by attempting to contact her even after she indicated to him that his actions were considered harassment.
The alleged acts of harassment occurred between October 2018 and February 2020.
More at https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/sing...al-athlete-hired-pi-to-follow-her/ar-BB1fDBIK
