SINGAPORE - Former National University of Singapore lecturer Chan Cheng, who was on the run for 17 years after being charged with molesting five teenage boys at a school camp, was sentenced to three years and seven months' jail on Monday (July 29).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Former National University of Singapore lecturer Chan Cheng, who was on the run for 17 years after being charged with molesting five teenage boys at a school camp, was sentenced to three years and seven months' jail on Monday .
In his mitigating plea, defence lawyer Ramesh Tiwary urged the judge to be"as lenient as possible" as Chan had a"sterling" record up till 1999. He added that there was also premeditation on Chan's part in carrying out the 12 offences involving nine boys who were 13 years old at the time, and that he had taken advantage of and exploited their vulnerability.
A Secondary 2 student leader also said that he witnessed Chan touching one of the students' private parts, and alerted a teacher the next day. A police report was lodged and Chan was arrested on Nov 27, 1999.It is not known how he was caught in Malaysia but he was finally sent back to Singapore on Dec 7, 2016.
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