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Aug 13, 2009
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Terence Chan Wei Xiang molested twelve women aged between 18 and 27 over a 2 1/2-month period. -- PHOTO: SPF
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HE HUNG around an MRT station looking for his prey. Terence Chan Wei Xiang, 22, targeted young women wearing revealing clothes. He would follow them at a safe distance - from Admiralty MRT station to their homes - before he would strike. On Wednesday, the former private school student was jailed for two years and ordered to be given three strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty last month to four charges of molesting women in Woodlands earlier this year. Twelve women aged between 18 and 27 were molested over a 2 1/2-month period. Deputy Public Prosecutor Navin S. Thevar said Chan tailed a 25-year-old student to her block of flats on March 10 and watched from the staircase to see which floor she was heading to. As she was standing outside her unit, he approached her from behind and placed his hand underneath her skirt to touch her thigh. The victim turned and shouted at Chan, who fled.
He similarly molested three other women, either touching their buttocks or grabbing their breasts. Chan told police he was sexually active and felt bored when his girlfriend was not around. His lawyer, Ms Gloria James, said he felt remorseful and had prepared a written apology for each of the victims. But District Judge Hamidah Ibrahim agreed with the prosecution that a stiff sentence was called for. Chan, she said, had stalked his victims and followed them practically to their doorstep. He could have been jailed for up to two years, fined or caned or received any combined punishment on each of the four proceeded charges.
ELENA CHONG
Aug 13, 2009
Serial molester jailed <!--10 min-->
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Terence Chan Wei Xiang molested twelve women aged between 18 and 27 over a 2 1/2-month period. -- PHOTO: SPF
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HE HUNG around an MRT station looking for his prey. Terence Chan Wei Xiang, 22, targeted young women wearing revealing clothes. He would follow them at a safe distance - from Admiralty MRT station to their homes - before he would strike. On Wednesday, the former private school student was jailed for two years and ordered to be given three strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty last month to four charges of molesting women in Woodlands earlier this year. Twelve women aged between 18 and 27 were molested over a 2 1/2-month period. Deputy Public Prosecutor Navin S. Thevar said Chan tailed a 25-year-old student to her block of flats on March 10 and watched from the staircase to see which floor she was heading to. As she was standing outside her unit, he approached her from behind and placed his hand underneath her skirt to touch her thigh. The victim turned and shouted at Chan, who fled.
He similarly molested three other women, either touching their buttocks or grabbing their breasts. Chan told police he was sexually active and felt bored when his girlfriend was not around. His lawyer, Ms Gloria James, said he felt remorseful and had prepared a written apology for each of the victims. But District Judge Hamidah Ibrahim agreed with the prosecution that a stiff sentence was called for. Chan, she said, had stalked his victims and followed them practically to their doorstep. He could have been jailed for up to two years, fined or caned or received any combined punishment on each of the four proceeded charges.
ELENA CHONG
