Update 25 Sep 2023: NUS exchange student fined for molesting waitress at Marquee nightclub
The defence says it was his first time drinking such large amounts of alcohol and that he will never drink again
A foreign exchange student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) had barely arrived in the country when he went to a nightclub with his friends, got drunk and molested a waitress.
Pakistani student Butt Muhammad Abdullah, 22, was fined S$4,000 (US$2,900) on Monday (Sep 25) for one count of outraging the 30-year-old victim's modesty. If he cannot pay the fine, he will have to serve four days in jail in default. Butt has already been in custody for four days as he was unable to raise bail.
The court heard that Butt holds a student pass and came to Singapore from Denmark, where he is a permanent resident, on a five-month student exchange programme with NUS.
8 sexual misconduct complaints made to NUS from Jan to June, 1 student appealing against expulsion
The National University of Singapore (NUS) saw eight complaints of sexual misconduct between Jan 1 and June 30.
Three of them involved sexual assault and resulted in one student being expelled. One of the complaints involved a staff member, NUS said in its half-yearly report on sexual misconduct released last Thursday. Police reports were lodged in all eight cases.
The report outlines the complaints the university received and the actions taken against the alleged perpetrators, in the hopes of reaffirming its zero-tolerance policy for sexual misconduct and foster a safe environment.
1 NUS student expelled, 2 others suspended for sexual offences in first half of 2023
One student from the National University of Singapore (NUS) is to be expelled for allegedly sexually assaulting another student in a hostel on campus, while two others face suspensions for sexual misconduct.
This was according to NUS statistics on sexual misconduct between Jan. 1 and Jun. 30, 2023, which is updated on a half-yearly basis. "This report reaffirms the University’s zero-tolerance for sexual misconduct and reflects our ongoing efforts in raising awareness of the individual roles and responsibilities of students and staff in fostering a safe, inclusive and respectful environment to enable the flourishing of academic and student life," NUS stated in the report. The most recent update, released on Sep. 7, 2023, showed that there were eight such complaints in the first half of the year.
NUS also provided updates on 11 previous cases, reported before Jan 1. Two students were expelled for alleged molestation. Six others faced suspensions. One NUS staff member was reassigned to a different role for allegedly making sexual remarks in front of students and has since left the university.
Eight complaints of sexual misconduct made to NUS from Jan to June, one student expelled
The report outlines the complaints the university received and the actions taken against the alleged perpetrators.PHOTO: ST FILE
The National University of Singapore (NUS) saw eight complaints of sexual misconduct between Jan 1 and June 30. Three of them involved sexual assault and resulted in one student being expelled.
One of the complaints involved a staff member, NUS said in its half-yearly report on sexual misconduct released last Thursday. Police reports were lodged in all eight cases.
The report outlines the complaints the university received and the actions taken against the alleged perpetrators, in the hopes of reaffirming its zero-tolerance policy for sexual misconduct and foster a safe environment.
Student allegedly raped another in hostel; 8 sexual misconduct complaints made to NUS from Jan to June
The report outlines the complaints the university received and the actions taken against the alleged perpetrators. PHOTO: The Straits Times
The National University of Singapore (NUS) saw eight complaints of sexual misconduct between Jan 1 and June 30. Three of them involved sexual assault and resulted in one student being expelled.
One of the complaints involved a staff member, NUS said in its half-yearly report on sexual misconduct released last Thursday (Sept 7). Police reports were lodged in all eight cases. The report outlines the complaints the university received and the actions taken against the alleged perpetrators, in the hopes of reaffirming its zero-tolerance policy for sexual misconduct and foster a safe environment.
In the earliest complaint it received on Jan 25, a student was alleged to have raped a member of the public outside campus grounds. However, no further action was taken by NUS due to a lack of evidence.
NUS reports 8 sexual misconduct cases in first half of 2023, with student expelled
NUS reports 8 sexual misconduct cases in first half of 2023, with student expelled
The National University of Singapore (NUS) released its half-yearly report on sexual misconduct last Thursday (7 Sep), revealing that they received eight complaints related to sexual misconduct between 1 January and 30 June.
Of these complaints, three were classified as sexual assault cases, with one resulting in the expulsion of a student. Notably, one of the complaints involved a staff member of NUS. The university had reported all eight cases to the police.
The report's primary objective is to shed light on NUS' efforts to address and prevent sexual misconduct while upholding a zero-tolerance policy.
NUS reports 8 indecent assault cases in first half of 2023 — one involving staff member
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has released a report revealing eight cases of indecent assault that have come to light in the first half of this year.
Among these cases, three involved indecent assault, leading to the expulsion of a student, while one complaint implicated a university staff member. All eight cases have been reported to the police as the institution seeks to reaffirm its zero-tolerance policy for indecent assault to maintain a safe environment for its students and staff.
NUS has indicated that it remains committed to addressing issues of indecent assaults promptly and diligently.
Sexual misconduct complaints against NUS students rose in first half of 2021 year-on-year: NUS report
The National University of Singapore issued its second report on sexual misconduct allegations, covering the first half of 2021
The number of sexual misconduct complaints against National University of Singapore (NUS) students doubled in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, though there was a drop in complaints against staff members.
These numbers were featured in NUS’ second sexual misconduct report, released on Thursday (Aug 5). The report stated that there were 10 complaints of sexual misconduct against students in the first half of this year, compared to five in the same period last year. There was one complaint made against a staff member in the first half of the year, compared to four in the same period last year. Two students and one staff member were dismissed from the university for sexual misconduct during the first half of the year.
In all the 10 cases of alleged sexual misconduct by students, and one case by a staff member, police reports were filed. NUS said that the rise in sexual misconduct complaints against students shows that the university’s “approach of greater transparency has increased the level of trust in NUS”. “Each complaint is taken seriously, investigated thoroughly following due process, and appropriate disciplinary sanctions are imposed for every infringement that is proven.”
related:
71 sexual misconduct complaints involving students in past 5 years: NUS
A sign of the National University of Singapore is displayed at the campus entrance, Aug 7, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Catherine Lai)
A total of 71 sexual misconduct complaints involving students were made to the National University of Singapore (NUS) in the past few years. About a third of these complaints, or 24 incidents, involved verbal or physical contact of a sexual nature, NUS said in its first report on sexual misconduct which was sent to students and staff members on Wednesday (Jan 6).
The report covered complaints made between 2016 and 2020 involving students and staff members. Eighteen complaints were linked to voyeurism while six were related to taking upskirt photographs or videos. Five were classified under sexual assault. Two reports were made regarding rape where the victims alleged that they had non-consensual sex, said NUS, adding that no further action was taken following investigations by the university and the police.
Other categories in the report included indecent exposure, making unwanted sexual advances or requests for sexual favours, as well as disseminating sexual or intimate information about the victim. The university previously said it will release a sexual misconduct report every six months, as part of efforts to raise awareness of the issue after a spate of cases.
related:
4th NUS professor sacked over inappropriate behaviour (sexual misconduct) in 18 months
Netizens commenting on the story have asked why there have been so many NUS professors who’ve behaved inappropriately toward their students
Another professor from the National University of Singapore has lost his job due to allegations of sexual misconduct. It was reported on Thursday (Apr 28) that Ethan Putterman, who was an associate professor at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ political science department, had been fired.
Since September 2020, former Tembusu College fellow Jeremy Fernando, former Provost Chair Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Theodore Geoffrey Hopf, and former Director at the East Asian Institute Zheng Yongnian, have all lost their jobs due to similar reasons.
NUS announced on Apr 28 that a faculty member had been terminated for “inappropriate and unprofessional behaviour” towards a student, without naming Prof Putterman, although he has been identified in the media and has spoken to TODAY. A student had made a complaint of sexual misconduct on March 3 and police investigations are still ongoing.
related:
NUS professor fired for inappropriate behaviour towards student
Associate Professor Ethan Putterman was from NUS' political science department. PHOTO: FASS.NUS.EDU.SG
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has fired another professor for misconduct.
Associate Professor Ethan Putterman from NUS' political science department had his employment terminated after it was found that he had behaved inappropriately and unprofessionally towards a student.
He is the fourth staff member from NUS known to have been fired for inappropriate behaviour in the past two years.
related:
One staff member dismissed, two students expelled between Jan and June for sexual misconduct
Dr Jeremy Fernando (left) and Professor Theodore G. Hopf. PHOTOS: SCREENGRABS FROM FASS.NUS.EDU.SG, YOUTUBE
A staff member was dismissed and two students expelled at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in the first half of this year for sexual misconduct. The staff member, a researcher, was reported to have made inappropriate sexual remarks at work, sent inappropriate videos to two students and touched one of them without consent. The researcher's behaviour was reported to the school on March 25, NUS said in a report released on Thursday (Aug 5).
Two students were also expelled from the university for sexual misconduct. One was expelled for allegedly raping another student in a hostel room in an incident reported on Feb 10. In another case reported on March 26, a student is alleged to have touched another student inappropriately without consent in a hostel room, and taken a nude video of a third student, also without consent.
Last year, there were several sexual misconduct cases involving NUS staff members that resulted in two dismissals. This included the sacking of Dr Jeremy Fernando, a former Tembusu College fellow who was fired last October in the aftermath of investigations launched after two students accused him of sexual misconduct. Another NUS staff member - Professor Theodore G. Hopf from the political science department in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences - was dismissed in December over accusations of sexual harassment.
NUS dismisses professor over sexual harassment of student
Professor Theodore G Hopf was from the Department of Political Science at NUS. (Photo: NUS)
The National University of Singapore (NUS) on Tuesday (Dec 1) dismissed a professor over a case of sexual harassment against a student.
An anonymous complaint was sent to the university in August alleging that Professor Theodore G Hopf, listed on the NUS website as Ted Hopf, had sexually harassed a student, said NUS in a media release.
Prof Hopf was part of the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). NUS did not indicate the gender of the student.
related:
NUS fires professor for inappropriate behaviour towards student — at least 4th such sacking in 18 months
Mr Ethan Putterman (pictured) has been sacked from the National University of Singapore following reports of inappropriate behaviour with a student
A professor from the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) has been sacked after internal investigations by the university found that he had engaged in “inappropriate and unprofessional behaviour” towards a student.
A spokesperson from NUS' Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences said on Thursday (April 28) in response to TODAY’s queries: “A police report has been filed and police investigations are ongoing.”
This is at least the fourth such dismissal from NUS in 18 months.
related:
Former director of East Asian Institute hugged colleague without consent, acted inappropriately
Professor Zheng Yongnian, a former professor at the National University of Singapore, speaking at a conference in 2017
A former professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS), who was accused of sexual harassment, had acted “inappropriately in a professional setting” by hugging a colleague without her consent, a two-month inquiry by the university has found.
NUS said that Professor Zheng Yongnian’s conduct during the incident on May 30 in 2018 breached the varsity’s code of conduct for employees. Had he remained a staff member, he would have received a written warning.
Prof Zheng, who headed NUS’ East Asian Institute (EAI) from 2008 to 2019, left the university in September this year.
A 23-year-old Singaporean is seeking justice after her university imposed a light punishment on a ‘Peeping Tom’
All You Need To Know
A 23-year-old Singaporean is seeking justice after her university imposed a light punishment on a ‘Peeping Tom’.
Monica Baey, a third-year communications and new media undergraduate at the National University of Singapore (NUS), took to Instagram on 18 April to share about a traumatic incident that took place last November.
Here are 10 things you need to know about the case and how it escalated to this point:
read more
A 23-year-old Singaporean is seeking justice after her university imposed a light punishment on a ‘Peeping Tom’.
Monica Baey, a third-year communications and new media undergraduate at the National University of Singapore (NUS), took to Instagram on 18 April to share about a traumatic incident that took place last November.
Here are 10 things you need to know about the case and how it escalated to this point:
- Baey was showering at her student residence Eusoff Hall on 25 November when she noticed an iPhone being held underneath the cubicle's door
- When Baey met up with Lim and his girlfriend to discuss the incident, he justified his actions by claiming that he was heavily intoxicated and inspired by a genre of pornography
- After a two-month investigation, the university decided to give Lim a 12-month suspension and ban him from entering Eusoff Hall
- Baey argued that the punishments hardly affect Lim as he did even not live in a campus hall, and he was still allowed to visit the university campus
- In a series of Insta Stories, Baey called NUS out for what she deemed to be an inadequate response towards a serious crime
- Baey also slammed Lim's one-page apology letter, arguing that she has to continue living with the trauma while he walks off with a slap on the wrist
- Since then, almost 30,000 people have signed two separate online petitions calling for NUS and the police to impose harsher punishments on perpetrators of sexual offences on university campuses
- After Baey's posts went viral, a Singaporean company publicly declared that it will no longer work with the university unless the perpetrator is expelled
- On 20 April, NUS issued a statement saying that they are in the process of reaching out to Baey to offer support and assistance
- On 22 April, Great Eastern Singapore - where Lim had been working as a financial advisor - said that they had suspended him
read more
Police: Allegations that NUS Pervert has “Influential Parents” are Untrue
Police have rubbished allegations that the NUS pervert who was caught filming a friend bathing was given a 12-month conditional warning because he has “influential parents”
In a statement released today, the police said that the undergrad’s father is a driver and mother is a housewife, and that their occupations are irrelevant to the case. 23-year-old Nicholas Lim was publicly outed by his victim, Monica Baey, earlier this week.
Taking to social media to express her anger at the perceived lenient punishment meted out to Lim by the police and NUS, she urged authorities to impose harsher punishments to serve as a deterrence. Police said that in considering the magnitude of the punishment, the police and Attorney-General’s Chambers took into account that he was remorseful and had high potential for rehabilitation – citing that no other obscene material was found in his possession.
In aiming to temper punishment and deterrence, it was decided that he would be given a conditional warning rather than face prosecution – which would leave him with a criminal record. Police said that the punishment is consistent with the approach taken in other similar cases.
71 sexual misconduct complaints involving students in past 5 years: NUS
The dismissal on Tuesday (Dec 1) of Professor Theodore G Hopf by the National University of Singapore marked the third time in less than two months that the institution had taken action against a member of its staff or a former staff member over allegations of inappropriate behaviour or sexual misconduct.
NUS said in its report that it received 12 sexual misconduct complaints last year. Seven cases took place on campus while the rest occurred either off campus or online
A total of 71 sexual misconduct complaints involving students were made to the National University of Singapore (NUS) in the past few years. About a third of these complaints, or 24 incidents, involved verbal or physical contact of a sexual nature, NUS said in its first report on sexual misconduct which was sent to students and staff members on Wednesday (Jan 6).
The report covered complaints made between 2016 and 2020 involving students and staff members. Eighteen complaints were linked to voyeurism while six were related to taking upskirt photographs or videos. Five were classified under sexual assault.
Two reports were made regarding rape where the victims alleged that they had non-consensual sex, said NUS, adding that no further action was taken following investigations by the university and the police.
related:
NUS had 71 complaints of sexual misconduct involving students in past five years
The number was highest in 2019, when 25 such reports were made.ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH
A total of 71 complaints of sexual misconduct involving students were made to the National University of Singapore (NUS) in the past five years. The number was highest in 2019, when 25 such reports were made. This was the year former NUS student Monica Baey sparked a discussion about sexual misconduct by voicing her frustration that the university had not done more against a male student who had filmed her in the shower at the Eusoff Hall student residence.
In its first report on sexual misconduct, sent to students and staff on Wednesday (Jan 6), NUS laid out a summary of past and present cases, including the type of complaints it received, and a breakdown of last year's cases. The university said the report will be provided every six months, with the hope of strengthening and deepening trust within the NUS community.
NUS had 12 complaints of sexual misconduct in 2020. During the year, its board of discipline or disciplinary appeals board also dealt with another three cases involving students, acting on complaints made before 2020.
related:
Recap of NUS staff dealt with for alleged inappropriate behaviour, sexual misconduct this year
Here is a recap of the three cases:
- DR JEREMY FERNANDO - A lecturer and fellow at the residential Tembusu College, Dr Jeremy Fernando was sacked by NUS on Oct 7 following an internal investigation of two complaints alleging that he had “behaved inappropriately as a teaching staff”.
- PROFESSOR ZHENG YONGNIAN - On Nov 17, NUS announced that it had completed its review of a complaint made against former East Asian Institute (EAI) director Professor Zheng Yongnian and found that he had behaved inappropriately towards a colleague in May 2018.
- PROFESSOR TED HOPF - On Dec 1, NUS said in a media release that it had dismissed Professor Theodore G Hopf - better known as Ted Hopf - over a case of sexual harassment against a student following an anonymous complaint sent to the university in August.
National University of Singapore professor fired for sexual misconduct after sexting, harassment investigation
A member of academic staff at the National University of Singapore was dismissed on Tuesday for sexual misconduct following investigations into an anonymous complaint in August. The complaint alleged that Professor Theodore G Hopf from the university’s political science department in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences had sexually harassed a student, the NUS said in a statement. The university said it had conducted interviews with the student and Hopf, following which on September 15 the professor was prohibited from contacting any NUS student. He was later suspended and told to stay off-campus while investigations were ongoing, the NUS said.
The case is the latest in a string of actions – the third in less than two months – taken by the university against professors for inappropriate behaviour or sexual misconduct. Two weeks ago, the NUS revealed that a former professor from its East Asian Institute, Zheng Yongnian, had acted “inappropriately in a professional setting” by hugging a colleague without her consent.
A month before that, the university sacked Dr Jeremy Fernando, who taught at Tembusu College, after he was found to have behaved “inappropriately” with students.
NUS sacks American professor for sexually harassing student
Yet another professor from the National University of Singapore has been accused of sexually harassing a student. Two months after firing an instructor it said sexually assaulted two students, the university today dismissed political science professor Theodore Geoffrey Hopf for sexually harassing a student, saying the 61-year-old academic had given the student alcohol and made an “offensive” comment about the student’s body. Hopf, the school said, made an unconvincing excuse for sexting the student two years ago.
“Prof Hopf was found to have sexually harassed the student, and this behaviour falls short of the standards of professionalism expected of a teaching staff of the University.” the school said in a statement. “Given the serious nature of the offences, the University decided to dismiss him on 1 December 2020 with immediate effect.”
This is the school’s third sexual misconduct case in as many months. In October, it fired professor Jeremy Fernando in the wake of accusations he made sexual advances toward two students, drawing complaints it waited weeks before notifying the student body. Earlier, in September, a Chinese research professor resigned after a colleague accused him of groping her.
NUS prof sacked for sexual misconduct: 3 allegations investigated by Committee of Inquiry
A National University of Singapore (NUS) professor was dismissed on Tuesday (Dec 1) for sexual misconduct against a student.
An anonymous complaint was sent to the university in August against Professor Theodore G. Hopf, the provost chair professor at the department of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. In October, NUS appointed a Committee of Inquiry (COI) to look into the allegations against the professor, who is better known as Ted Hopf.
Here is a look at the three allegations and the COI's findings:
- October 2018: Prof Hopf sent a sex-text message to the student.
- August 2020: During a meeting between the student and Prof Hopf on campus, he offered and drank alcohol with the student, and also made an offensive remark about certain parts of the student's anatomy.
- August 2020: In the same meeting, Prof Hopf pulled the student forcefully towards him twice, during which the student resisted, moved back and told him to stop.
NUS dismisses professor over sexual harassment of student
The National University of Singapore (NUS) on Tuesday (Dec 1) dismissed a professor over a case of sexual harassment against a student. Tan Si Hui speaks with Professor Theodore Hopf, who has denied all allegations
Long Yun, who was part of the faculty at the university's Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, had rubbed his groin against the left thigh of a 20-year-old female student for about four minutes.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
Former National University of Singapore lecturer Chan Cheng had been found guilty of five counts of molestation last week.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
Prosecutors are seeking to overturn the judge's decision to sentence undergraduate Terence Siow Kai Yuan to 21 months' supervised probation, instead of their proposed sentence of six weeks' jail.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
Police said that prosecution, with a possible jail sentence, will likely ruin the entire future of the NUS student involved in the sexual misconduct case.PHOTO: ST FILE
Brandon Lee Bing Xiang, who is accused of taking illicit videos of women, was the student council president from 2017 to last year.PHOTO: HUMANS OF YALE-NUS FACEBOOK
The National University of Singapore (NUS) on Tuesday (Dec 1) dismissed a professor over a case of sexual harassment against a student.
An anonymous complaint was sent to the university in August alleging that Professor Theodore G Hopf, listed on the NUS website as Ted Hopf, had sexually harassed a student, said NUS in a media release.
Prof Hopf was part of the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). NUS did not indicate the gender of the student.
related:
Another NUS academic sacked for sexual misconduct towards student
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has dismissed a US-born political science professor due to sexual misconduct towards a student, it said in a statement on Tuesday (Dec 1).
An anonymous complaint regarding Professor Theodore Geoffrey Hopf, a Provost Chair Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, was first sent to the university in August this year. The NUS then began investigations into the complaint.
This is the second time in a span of two months that an academic from NUS has been sacked for sexual misconduct. On Oct 18, Dr Jeremy Fernando, a fellow at Tembusu College, was sacked by the NUS after it investigated allegations that he had engaged in sexual misconduct involving two female students. A police report was also filed against him.
NUS Files Police Report Against Ex-Professor, Admits They Could’ve Shared His Dismissal Earlier
NUS Provides Statement On Jeremy Fernando Dismissal After Firing Him On 7 Oct
A professor who taught at the National University of Singapore was recently fired from his job after complaints of sexual misconduct. However, some students cited a lack of transparency over the dismissal of Jeremy Fernando.
NUS came out with a public statement on Wednesday (21 Oct), outlining the steps taken since they learned of complaints about Dr Fernando. Although they advised victims separately to file a police report, both chose not to do so.
Regardless, NUS have made one due to the seriousness of the allegations. They also acknowledge that they could’ve been more timely about making known his dismissal to the student body.
NUS sacks Tembusu College don accused of sexual misconduct
NUS sacked Dr Jeremy Fernando after it received two complaints alleging he had behaved inappropriately.PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM FACEBOOK
A Tembusu College don accused of sexual misconduct has been sacked by the National University of Singapore (NUS).
In a statement on Sunday (Oct 18), NUS said it conducted an internal probe after it received two complaints alleging that Dr Jeremy Fernando, a fellow at Tembusu College, had "behaved inappropriately as a teaching staff".
Based on the findings of the probe, Dr Fernando was fired, the statement added.
Ex-NUS senior lecturer jailed 14 weeks for rubbing against undergrad on campus bus
A former senior lecturer from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who molested an undergraduate while on board the campus shuttle bus was sentenced to 14 weeks' jail on Thursday (Oct 17).
Long Yun, who was part of the faculty at the university's Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, had rubbed his groin against the left thigh of a 20-year-old female student for about four minutes.
The court heard that Long, who moved to Singapore from China in 2013 and became a permanent resident in 2015, and the student were on board the NUS shuttle bus service A1 along Lower Kent Ridge Road on Jan 14 this year at around noon.
Ex-NUS lecturer who molested teen boys gets 3 years 7 months' jail, plans to appeal against conviction
Former National University of Singapore lecturer Chan Cheng, who was on the run for 17 years after molesting five teenage boys at a school camp, was sentenced to three years and seven months' jail on Monday (July 29).
Chan, who is now 59, had been found guilty of five counts of molestation last week by District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan after a trial.
Seven other molestation charges involving four boys were taken into consideration for sentencing.
NUS undergrad who molested woman will not begin probation, pending outcome of appeal case
Undergraduate Terence Siow Kai Yuan, 23, will not start his probation term for molesting a 28-year-old woman in an MRT train while an appeal against his sentence is before the courts.
On Friday (Oct 4), District Judge Jasvender Kaur allowed a stay of execution on the probation order, pending the outcome of the prosecution's appeal.
Prosecutors are seeking to overturn the judge's decision to sentence Siow to 21 months' supervised probation, instead of their proposed sentence of six weeks' jail.
NUS Peeping Tom given conditional warning due to high likelihood of rehabilitation: Police
The police have explained their decision to give a 23-year-old male undergraduate from the National University of Singapore (NUS) a conditional warning for trespassing and filming a female student in the shower without her consent.
Two online petitions had called on the university and the police to take tougher action against the undergraduate after the female student, Ms Monica Baey, a third-year NUS communications and new media undergraduate, posted her unhappiness with the punishment on her Instagram account last Thursday and Friday.
In a statement on Tuesday (April 23), the police said the accused in this case was assessed to have a “high likelihood of rehabilitation, and was remorseful”.
Yale-NUS suspends ex-student council president charged with filming upskirt and shower videos of women on campus indefinitely
The Yale-NUS student who was charged in court on Tuesday with taking upskirt videos of women and filming them showering on campus has been suspended indefinitely since March.
"Brandon Lee Bing Xiang was from the Class of 2020 and was president of the Yale-NUS Student Government from August 2017 to August 2018," the liberal arts college said on Friday. "He was immediately suspended the day after the College was notified about the incident in March 2019."
The college said that it is reviewing the case and it will mete out appropriate disciplinary actions based on the evidence on hand.
Witness testifies that former NUS senior lecturer molested boy in front of him
Former National University of Singapore lecturer Chan Cheng was on the run for more than 15 years after allegedly molesting teenage boys at a 1999 school camp.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
A former National University of Singapore (NUS) senior psychology lecturer, who was on the run for more than 15 years after he allegedly molested teenage boys at a 1999 school camp, is now on trial on five outrage of modesty charges.
Singaporean Chan Cheng, now 58, failed to turn up in court on Nov 29, 1999, and a warrant of arrest was then issued.
The former president of the Singapore Psychological Society later had his contract terminated by NUS after he failed to turn up for work.
NUS student filmed women in shower on campus
Joel Rasis Ismail pleaded guilty yesterday to three charges of insulting a woman’s modesty and one of criminal trespass. His lawyer is set to apply for a report on the likelihood of him reoffending. ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
A National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduate has admitted to taking voyeuristic videos, including those of women showering on campus last year.
Joel Rasis Ismail, 27, had done so despite knowing of the uproar caused by a similar incident in 2018, Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Ong told the court yesterday.
That incident involved Ms Monica Baey, who was filmed showering by a fellow NUS student.
related:
NUS student taken to court after allegedly filming woman in shower on campus
More charges NUS student for taking upskirt videos women showering on campus
Monica Baey and Nicholas Lim speak out
Look Back 2019: Spotlight on disturbing compulsion of voyeurism
read more
NUS undergrad admits to filming female hostel residents showering, tried to avoid detection when caught
Joel Rasis Ismail leaving the State Courts in October 2019. He pleaded guilty to four charges of insulting a woman’s modesty and criminal trespass
An architecture student from the National University of Singapore (NUS) first filmed up the skirts of his female colleagues while on an internship in 2016.
Then, in March and May last year, Joel Rasis Ismail took videos of four female students showering in the women’s toilets of a residential hall.
This was despite him knowing that similar voyeurism cases that happened on campus were in the spotlight. He changed clothes to avoid detection, but he ended up still being caught with the help of closed-circuit television camera footage.
related:
NUS student charges of filming women showering in hostel, taking upskirt videos campus
NUS student charged for allegedly filming hostel mate in shower, involved in similar cases
Despite campus security, students tell of encounters with voyeurs, intruders in hostels
read more
NUS student admits climbing into ex-girlfriend's home, choking her
Yin Zi Qin, 23, pleaded guilty to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt, with another charge of criminal trespass taken into consideration
A National University of Singapore (NUS) student climbed into his ex-girlfriend's home with her, before giving her roses and begging her not to end their relationship.
When she turned him down, 23-year-old Yin Zi Qin choked her and pressed his thumb against her eye till it bled.
Yin pleaded guilty on Friday (Feb 21) to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt, with another charge of criminal trespass taken into consideration.
read more
AGC not appealing case involving NUS dentistry student whose sentence triggered public outcry
The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) said on Tuesday (July 21) in response to media queries that it will not appeal the case involving dentistry student Yin Zi Qin, whose sentence had triggered a public outcry and a review of the penalty framework for violent cases.
Yin, 23, from the National University of Singapore (NUS), was convicted of voluntarily causing hurt to an ex-girlfriend, 21. Last Friday, he was handed a 12-day short-detention order, a five-month day-reporting order, as well as 80 hours of community service. He will not have a criminal record if the sentence is successfully completed.
“AGC will not be appealing the matter,” a spokesperson said. On Tuesday, the People’s Action Party’s Women’s Wing and the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) spoke out against the levity of the sentence. There have also been two online petitions related to the case.
read more
NUS student who molested woman jailed two weeks; earlier probation sentence overturned
Terence Siow Kai Yuan had been given 21 months of supervised probation and 150 hours of community service.PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
A 24-year-old university student given probation for molesting a woman at an MRT station had his probation sentence overturned following a successful High Court appeal by the prosecution.
Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon on Monday (April 27) sentenced Terence Siow Kai Yuan to two weeks' imprisonment for his offence, finding that the undergraduate had not shown "an extremely strong propensity for reform".
Siow, an applied mathematics student at the National University of Singapore, had pleaded guilty to one charge of outrage of modesty in September last year.
related:
Prosecution appeals probation for undergrad who molested woman, seeks at least 3 wks' jail
NUS undergrad who molested woman will not begin probation, pending outcome of appeal
Judge probation sentence for NUS student convicted of outraging modesty not a 'soft option'
read more
NUS student arrested for trespassing on female toilet in residential college, 'suspicious devices' retrieved
A National University of Singapore (NUS) student has been arrested for criminal trespass and suspected voyeurism, police said on Monday (Mar 9).
In a news release, the authorities said the 24-year-old was detained by a security officer after he was found in a female toilet at the College of Alice and Peter Tan (CAPT),an NUS residential college, on Saturday morning.
Police said the man allegedly entered the female toilet to install a hidden camera disguised as a smoke detector. A thorough search led to the discovery of one such device in the toilet where the man was detained and another one in another female toilet on the same floor.
read more
Male student who allegedly installed hidden camera in NUS women's toilet arrested
A 24-year-old National University of Singapore (NUS) student was arrested on Saturday morning (March 7) for entering a women’s toilet in an NUS residential college, allegedly to install a hidden camera.
The police said in a statement on Monday night that they found two spy cameras in two women’s toilets on the same floor in the college following his arrest. One of the two cameras was found in the toilet the student was detained in.
They are now investigating the case as one of criminal trespass and suspected voyeurism.
read more
NUS student who allegedly fixed spy cam in female toilet arrested
A 24-year-old student from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who was caught trespassing a female toilet at a residential college was arrested by the police on Saturday (March 7) morning.
The police, who were informed of the incident by the university’s campus security personnel, said that preliminary investigations revealed the student had allegedly entered the female toilet to set up hidden cameras disguised as smoke detectors.
In response to TODAY’s queries, an NUS spokesperson said that the student has been suspended with immediate effect and has been barred from entering all areas on campus.
read more
NUS graduate pleads guilty to taking photos of two female students showering in hostel toilet
In yet another case of voyeurism on a university campus, a 25-year-old former National University of Singapore (NUS) student on Friday (Feb 28) admitted taking photographs of two female students showering in a residential hall women’s toilet.
Ryan You Jun Chao, whose offences took place when he was an NUS student last year, was the subject of disciplinary sanctions "including suspension, deferred graduation, mandatory counselling and rehabilitation sessions", an NUS spokesperson told TODAY on Friday.
You has served the sanctions and has graduated, the spokesperson added.
read more
NUS student took photos of woman in shower a month after he was spotted by another victim
NUS student Ryan You Jun Chao pleaded guilty in a district court on Feb 28 to two counts of insulting a woman's modesty.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
A National University of Singapore (NUS) student who used his mobile phone to snap photos of a woman in a campus shower ran away when his victim spotted the device, only to reoffend less than a month later.
Undeterred despite the near miss, Ryan You Jun Chao targeted another woman in the university as she was in the shower.
You, 25, pleaded guilty in a district court on Friday (Feb 28) to two counts of insulting a woman's modesty. Two criminal trespass charges will be considered during sentencing.
read more
Ex-NUS student admits to taking photos of 2 female students showering in campus toilet
Ryan You Jun Chao leaving the State Courts on Friday (28 January). (Photo: Wan Ting Koh/Yahoo News Singapore)
A former National University of Singapore student on Friday (28 February) admitted to photographing two fellow female students as they showered in a residential hall toilet on campus.
Ryan You Jun Chao, 25, pleaded guilty to two counts of insulting the modesty of the two female students, both 23, in February and March last year, and will have two counts of trespassing into the toilet taken into account when he is sentenced. Both victims cannot be named due to a gag order.
On 14 February last year, You woke up and felt tempted to check if there were any women showering in the common female toilet. He found the main door of the common female toilet held open by a door stopper and heard showering sounds.
read more
NUS student pleads guilty to taking photos of two women showering on campus
Ryan You Jun Chao, 25, is accused of breaking into toilets and taking pictures of women. (Photo: Nuria Ling/TODAY)
A National University of Singapore (NUS) student pleaded guilty on Friday (Feb 28) to taking shower photos of two women on campus.
Ryan You Chun Chao, 25, pleaded guilty to two charges of insulting a woman's modesty, with two other charges of trespassing into the ladies' toilet taken into consideration. The court heard that You and the victims, both aged 23, were staying at an NUS residential hall at the time of the offences.
The first incident occurred on Valentine's Day last year. You woke up and felt tempted to check if there were any women showering in the ladies' toilet, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Pavithra Ramkumar.
read more
2 male students insulted women's modesty in different universities, third offender tried to commit offence in poly
In separate incidents, three male students targeted women in different tertiary institutions and preyed on their victims in toilets.
Two of them, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student Pham Nguyen Tuan Anh and Zachary Lim Yong Hao, who was then studying in a junior college, also insulted the modesty of their victims.
The third offender, Republic Polytechnic (RP) student Tee Ze Qian, followed his schoolmate into a toilet and attempted to insult her modesty.
read more
NUS student suspended for allegedly taking photos of two women showering in hostel toilet
Ryan You Jun Chao, 25, has been suspended and his graduation has been deferred in light of the charges, an NUS spokesperson told TODAY
A National University of Singapore (NUS) student allegedly trespassed into a women’s toilet at a residential hall on two occasions earlier this year, in order to take photos of female students showering.
Ryan You Jun Chao, 25, is accused of doing so on Feb 14 at about 7.15am, and on March 5 at about 2.15am. He has since been suspended by the university.
The Singaporean was first charged on Oct 30 with two counts each of criminal trespass and insulting a woman’s modesty. He returned to a district court on Wednesday (Dec 11) for a further mention of the case.
read more
NUS student to plead guilty for trespassing, taking shower pics
A National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduate who trespassed into a female toilet within a residential college to take obscene photos of two women indicated in court that he will be pleading guilty to his charges on Wednesday (11 December).
Ryan You Jun Chao, 25, faces two counts of criminally trespassing into the female toilet on 14 February this year at about 7.15am, and on 5 March at about 2.15am.
On both occasions, he allegedly took photos of two women showering with his mobile phone. The female students and the residential college cannot be named due to a gag order by the court.
read more
Student charged with exposing himself, masturbating in NUS library
A man has been charged with exposing himself and masturbating in front of a woman in a library at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Xiong Jiawei, 27, was charged last Thursday (Oct 24) with one count of insulting the modesty of a woman.
According to the charge sheet, he had unzipped his pants, "revealing (his) half-exposed penis", and masturbated in front of the victim.
read more
NUS student charged with flashing, masturbating in front of woman in university science library
Singaporean NUS undergraduate Xiong Jiawei, 27, was charged in court on Oct. 24 for insulting the modesty of a woman.
CNA reported that Xiong was accused of unzipping his pants, exposing his penis and masturbating in front of his victim in the university’s science library.
The incident took place on April 10, 2019 at around 6:20 pm in the science library, located at Block 10, Science Drive 2 of the university campus.
read more
Ex-NUS senior lecturer who rubbed groin against undergraduate's leg jailed 14 weeks
Long Yun, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of outraging the modesty of the 20-year-old victim while aboard an NUS shuttle bus in January. (Yahoo News Singapore file photo)
A former National University of Singapore (NUS) senior lecturer who rubbed his groin against a female undergraduate’s leg was jailed 14 weeks’ jail on Thursday (17 October).
Long Yun, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of outraging the modesty of the 20-year-old victim while aboard an NUS shuttle bus in January. He was a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the time of the offence.
The Singapore permanent resident, who is married and has an eight-year-old son, has since been terminated from his position. At around noon on 14 January, Long, a China national, boarded the A1 shuttle bus within the NUS campus at a bus stop along Lower Kent Ridge Road. He boarded the crowded bus through the rear door and stood near the victim.
read more
Ex-NUS senior lecturer jailed 14 weeks for rubbing against undergrad on campus bus
Long Yun, who was part of the faculty at the university's Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, had rubbed his groin against the left thigh of a 20-year-old female student for about four minutes.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
A former senior lecturer from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who molested an undergraduate while on board the campus shuttle bus was sentenced to 14 weeks' jail on Thursday (Oct 17).
Long Yun, who was part of the faculty at the university's Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, had rubbed his groin against the left thigh of a 20-year-old female student for about four minutes.
The court heard that Long, who moved to Singapore from China in 2013 and became a permanent resident in 2015, and the student were on board the NUS shuttle bus service A1 along Lower Kent Ridge Road on Jan 14 this year at around noon.
read more
Yale-NUS suspends student charged with filming upskirt and shower videos of women on campus
Yale-NUS confirmed on Thursday morning (Oct 3) that Brandon Lee Bing Xiang is its student and has been suspended.PHOTO: HUMANS OF YALE-NUS / FACEBOOK
The Yale-NUS student who was charged in court on Tuesday (Oct 1) with taking upskirt videos of women and filming them showering on campus has been suspended since March.
The liberal arts college confirmed on Thursday morning that Brandon Lee Bing Xiang is its student and has been suspended. It did not say for how long he will be suspended.
"Brandon Lee Bing Xiang, a student at Yale-NUS College, has been charged in court for insulting the modesty of a fellow student," Professor Joanne Roberts, executive vice-president of academic affairs at Yale-NUS College said in response to media queries.
read more
Another Highly Educated Singaporean Uni Student Accused Of Filming Women Showering
Yet another highly educated, top university student from Singapore has been accused of filming two separate women on two separate occasions while they were using the toilet. This time, the student is reportedly studying at a top university in the UK, and his name is not reported with the reason being to protect his victims from being identified.
The 22 year old student has been charged in court, but his sentencing is only due out in December this year. The student was accused of filming a woman showering in a room at Orchard Hotel on Dec. 2, 2015, at about 1:30am, and filming another woman relieving herself in a toilet at a condominium in the east of Singapore on Dec. 23, 2016, at around 8:30pm. it was alleged that the student placed recording devices in the toilets on both occasions.
The accused applied for permission to leave Singapore to continue with his university education in the UK, and was actually granted a bail of $20,000 and permission to leave the country. his lawyer said that he is not a flight risk, even though he is studying and staying in the UK. He is supposed to be back in Singapore's courts on December 11th, where he will reportedly face more charges.
read more
Defence lawyer refers to verdict for NUS molestation case but fails to seek probation for 43-year-old stalker
When making a case for his 43-year-old client to be given a probation, lawyer Mr Krishna R Sharma told the court that Fong Poh Kuen is a degree-holder and a certified chartered financial analyst who worked with insurance firms such as Prudential and AIA
In the case that was heard on Tuesday (Oct 1), 43-year-old former insurance agent Fong Poh Kuen was convicted of six charges of stalking and secretly taking photos of girls outside various secondary schools and junior colleges across Singapore between January and October in 2017.
It includes one charge of insulting the modesty of a girl where he took a photo up her skirt at a bus stop along Marine Parade Road in February 2017. He pleaded guilty on Tuesday.
The court heard that Fong approached teenage girls he was attracted to on the pretext that he was conducting “educational surveys” and got them to give him their names, contact numbers and home addresses.
read more
74,000 signatures in 6 days on petition against sentence of molester from NUS
More than 74,000 signatures have been registered on an online petition within six days after it was launched against the sentence received by a molester from the National University of Singapore.
The online petition is calling for signers to take a stand against “favouritism” for sex offenders. The petition was started on Thursday, Sep. 26, 2019.
The convicted molester, Terence Siow Kai Yuan, 23, who is an NUS student, received his sentence the day before.
read more
NUS Molester Avoids Jail As He Has “Potential to Excel”
This young lady was just going about her day and minding her own business on the train when she got sexually harassed by a pervert. This pervert is Terence Siow Kai Yuan, a student at National University of Singapore (NUS) who has been accused of molesting the woman three times but was spared from jail because he has the “potential to excel in life”.
According to The New Paper, District Judge Jasvender Kaur sentenced him to 21 months of supervised probation and said that his actions towards the woman were considered as “minor intrusions” even though he had purposefully touched her three times. The 23-year-old had pleaded guilty to one charge of outraging the modesty of a 28-year-old woman while two other charges were taken into consideration.
The incident had happened on September 12th last year when Siow was on the North East Line heading towards Punggol station at about 11.30pm. He had noticed the victim who was wearing shorts and said that she had “very long legs”. And no, this is not about what she was wearing because she can wear whatever she wants!
read more
Singaporeans decry judge’s move to spare NUS student Terence Siow from jail for molest charge
A Singapore judge’s decision to sentence a university student who molested a woman to probation instead of jail has sparked outrage, with prosecutors on Friday appealing and the law minister endorsing their move.
Terence Siow, 23, who attends the National University of Singapore (NUS), was convicted on one count of outraging the modesty of the woman by following her after she got off a subway train and using his finger to touch the part of her shorts covering her buttocks.
On Wednesday he was given a 21-month probation order by District Court judge Jasvender Kaur, who found Siow had not been able to control his urge but that the molestation was “minor”.
read more
Ruling for NUS undergrad’s ‘minor intrusion’ molestation case sparks nationwide anger, petition goes viral
If you live in Singapore, there’s no way you would have missed today’s most talked-about story: National University of Singapore (NUS) undergrad Terence Siow Kai Yuan yesterday received a mere slap on the wrist for having repeatedly molested a woman in a public space, as the judge presiding over his case looked to Siow’s accomplishments as a student to determine that he has “potential to excel in life.”
The Case - Siow, 23, was sentenced to 21 months probation by District Judge Jasvender Kaur, who cited his solid academic records, as well as his molestation of a 28-year-old woman in 2018 as “minor intrusions” to explain how she arrived at the decision.
The probation was meted despite the prosecution’s request to have Siow jailed for six weeks, which the prosecution asked for since the defendant had allegedly made an unsettling habit of molesting unsuspecting female victims in public spaces. Apparently, Siow had admitted to committing similar offenses at NUS since 2016.
read more
'Potential to excel in life': NUS undergrad who molested woman gets probation for 'minor intrusion' offences
National University of Singapore student Terence Siow Kai Yuan was given 21 months of supervised probation after pleading guilty to one charge of outraging the modesty of a 28-year-old woman.TNP PHOTO: DAVID SUN
read more
NUS Student Who Molested A Woman Will Not Be Jailed As He Has 'Potential To Excel In Life'
A 23-year-old student from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who pleaded guilty to outraging the modesty of a woman at Serangoon MRT station last year will avoid jail time
District Judge Jasvender Kaur instead sentenced him to 21 months of supervised probation, saying that the NUS student, identified as Terence Siow Kai Yuan, has the "potential to excel in life".
According to a report in The New Paper, judge Jasvender rejected calls from the prosecution for Siow to be handed a jail term. She justified her decision by describing his three instances of touching his victim as "minor intrusions".
The judge said:
read more
NUS undergrad molester avoids jail because he has good grades & ‘potential to excel in life’
A student from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who repeatedly molested a woman at Serangoon MRT station in September 2018 was on Wednesday (Sep. 25) sentenced to probation.
According to The New Paper, the judge rejected calls from the prosecution for 23-year-old Terence Siow Kai Yuan to be handed a jail term.
Justifying her decision, District Judge Jasvender Kaur reportedly on multiple occasions described Siow’s three instances of touching his victim — twice on her thigh and once at her private parts – as “minor intrusions”.
read more
Outrage erupts online after convicted undergrad molester escapes jail time
News feeds on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms are ablaze with posts related to a sentence handed down to a young National University of Singapore (NUS) student found guilty of outraging a woman’s modesty in a train last year.
Specifically, the ire is directed at the presiding judge’s decision to slap a 21-month supervised probation in lieu of jail time. According to The New Paper, District Judge Jasvender Kaur decided that 23-year-old Terence Siow was suitable for probation due to his academic results showing that he has “potential to excel in life” and that his offences are “minor intrusions".
The intrusions? He repeatedly molested a fellow commuter on a train. Siow sat next to his victim and touched her thigh twice. Even after she moved to another seat and alighted at Serangoon MRT station, he followed her and touched her buttocks over her shorts.
related:
Victim of 'minor intrusion' molestation case disappointed at court's decision
All the dank parodies about the NUS molester who escaped jail time
read more
Police investigating case of NUS associate director accused of sexually abusing his children
A 15-year-old girl in Singapore has publicly accused her father, a NUS employee, of sexual abuse via a series of Instagram posts (now deleted) on June 25, 2019.
In them, the girl, who we are not identifying because she is a minor, made two damning allegations: She said her father filmed her and her brother in the shower.
She also claimed that her father touched her brother’s penis, body, and buttocks.
According to a police report she posted online, the incidents took place between July 2016 and March 2018.
read more
NUS student allegedly filmed girl in hall bathroom, changed his attire to avoid being identified
A 26-year-old National University of Singapore (NUS) student allegedly filmed a 23-year-old female student while she was showering in a bathroom at Raffles Hall on Saturday morning (May 11).
In a statement, the police said that they were alerted to the incident at 8.08am.
Joel Rasis Ismail, who resides in the same residential hall as the victim, was arrested on the same day following investigations and with the aid of CCTV footage.
read more
Seriously, again?: Police charge NUS undergrad for filming fellow student in shower
Men who secretly film women in showers are disgusting, pathetic perverts at best, but it takes a truly unique state of unmitigated stupidity to try and get away with the sick crime at the same university that is still dealing with the fallout of a massive “peeping tom” scandal that erupted the month before.
Police have charged a 26-year-old NUS undergraduate student, identified as Joel Rasis Ismail, with one count of criminal trespassing and one count of insulting a woman’s modesty for allegedly filming a 23-year-old student in the shower of NUS’ Raffles Hall.
Joel was arrested on Saturday soon after police were alerted to his crime, which they say took place at around 6:30am.
read more
NUS student charged for allegedly filming hostel mate in shower, believed to be involved in similar cases
A 26-year-old National University of Singapore (NUS) student was charged in court on Monday (May 13) for allegedly filming a female student showering in their hostel.
Joel Rasis Ismail is accused of trespassing in a female bathroom at the Kuok Foundation House — a building in NUS’ Raffles Hall — on Saturday around 6.30am, as well as insulting his 23-year-old victim’s modesty.
The police said they were alerted to the incident at about 8am, and arrested him later that day through follow-up investigations and with the help of closed-circuit television footage.
read more
Latest NUS Peeping Tom caught by newly installed CCTV cameras
There has been another Peeping Tom case on a local university campus. A female student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was allegedly filmed by a student in a bathroom at one of the residence halls on Saturday.
This is the fourth reported case since NUS student Monica Baey took to social media in mid-April to express her frustration over the punishment given to fellow student Nicholas Lim for filming her showering in the Eusoff Hall.
Some are now asking why such voyeuristic acts continue despite the public outcry, with observers noting that exposure to such content online from young may be emboldening offenders. A police report has been made about the latest incident at Raffles Hall and the suspect has been apprehended, said an NUS spokesman.
read more
Lessons unlearned: NUS student arrested after allegedly filming female student in bathroom
Yet another university Peeping Tom has been nabbed, adding to the swarm of perpetrators in as many as 56 reported cases of sexual misconduct at the country’s six autonomous universities during the period of 2015-17 alone.
A 26-year-old man was arrested on May 11, Saturday, for having allegedly secretly filmed a female student at a bathroom in Raffles Hall at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
In responding to a call for help that came shortly after 8:00 am, police say they arrested a male resident of Raffles Hall for criminal trespass that same morning. He is now under investigation for insulting the modesty of a woman.
read more
NUS Peeping Tom case: Lawyers say warning appears 'unusual' but mitigating factors need not be made public
The lawyers were commenting on a case of sexual voyeurism at the National University of Singapore's student residence Eusoff Hall, in which the punishment given to the perpetrator had been criticised.ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
Criminal lawyers have said the recent decision by the police to give a young man who filmed a female undergraduate in the shower a conditional warning appears unusual, given that perpetrators in previous cases had been charged.
But they also stressed that there are mitigating factors the Singapore authorities take into account and do not need to make public.
The lawyers interviewed on Monday (April 22) were commenting on a case of sexual voyeurism at the National University of Singapore (NUS), in which the punishment given to the perpetrator had been criticised.
read more
NUS student arrested after allegedly filming female student in bathroom
A National University of Singapore spokesman said footage of the male suspect was captured via a newly installed CCTV camera.PHOTO: ST FILE
A female student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was allegedly filmed by another student in a bathroom at one of the residence halls on Saturday morning (May 11).
A police report has been made about the incident at Raffles Hall and the suspect has been apprehended by the police for further investigations, said an NUS spokesman.
Police said they received a call for assistance around 8.10am, and subsequently arrested a 26-year-old NUS male student, a resident of the same residential hall, for criminal trespass.
read more
Man charged in latest NUS Peeping Tom case
The National University of Singapore (NUS) student who allegedly filmed a female hallmate in the shower last Saturday changed his clothes immediately to avoid being identified, said the police.
The latest alleged culprit in a string of Peeping Tom cases reported at local universities in the past month, Joel Rasis Ismail, 26, was charged in court yesterday with one count of criminal trespass and one count of insulting the modesty of a 23-year-old woman.
According to charge sheets, the Singaporean allegedly trespassed into a female bathroom at Kuok Foundation House, a building in NUS' Raffles Hall, on May 11 at about 6.30am. He is said to have then used his mobile phone to record a video of the victim while she was in the shower.
read more
NUS student taken to court after allegedly filming woman in the shower on campus
Even with the National University of Singapore (NUS) in the spotlight over the recent Monica Baey-Nicholas Lim issue, another one of its students was taken to court on Monday (May 13) after he allegedly filmed his schoolmate showering on campus.
Joel Rasis Ismail, 26, was charged with one count each of criminal trespass and insulting the modesty of the 23-year-old woman.
The Singaporean is said to have used his mobile phone to record a video of her showering at around 6.30am on May 11.
read more
NUS student who molested classmate in computer lab, peeped at woman in shower jailed
The 26-year-old man peeped at a woman showering in a female toilet at the NUS Eusoff Hall on Nov 25, 2015. (Photo: Google Maps)
A National University of Singapore (NUS) student was sentenced to jail and caning on Monday (Jul 30) for peeping at a woman in a hostel shower and molesting his classmate in a computer laboratory on the school campus.
The 26-year-old man, who cannot be named due to a gag order, had committed the first offence on Nov 25, 2015.
At about 5am that day, he heard someone showering in the female toilet at NUS' Eusoff Hall and entered the toilet to peep at the person, court documents said.
read more
NUS student suspected of filming female student at Raffles Hall bathroom arrested
A 26-year-old man was arrested on Saturday (May 11) after he allegedly filmed a female student in a bathroom at a National University of Singapore (NUS) hostel.
In an email to CNA, NUS said it received a report that the incident happened in the bathroom of Raffles Hall in the morning.
"Footage of the male suspect was captured via a newly installed CCTV camera," said an NUS spokesperson.
read more
NUS student charged over latest voyeurism incident on campus
Joel Rasis Ismail was charged with one count each of criminal trespass and insulting the modesty of a 23-year-old woman around 6.30am last Saturday. An NUS spokesman said earlier that the incident took place at Raffles Hall and footage of the suspect was captured by a new CCTV camera which is understood to have been installed last Friday.PHOTO: SHIN MIN
Even with the National University of Singapore (NUS) in the spotlight over the recent Monica Baey-Nicholas Lim issue, another one of its students was taken to court yesterday after he allegedly filmed his schoolmate showering on campus.
Joel Rasis Ismail, 26, was charged with one count each of criminal trespass and insulting the modesty of the 23-year-old woman.
The Singaporean is said to have used his mobile phone to record a video of her showering at around 6.30am last Saturday.
read more
NUS student arrested after allegedly filming female student in bathroom
A National University of Singapore spokesman said footage of the male suspect was captured via a newly installed CCTV camera.PHOTO: ST FILE
A female student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was allegedly filmed by another student in a bathroom at one of the residence halls on Saturday morning (May 11).
A police report has been made about the incident at Raffles Hall and the suspect has been apprehended by the police for further investigations, said an NUS spokesman.
Police said they received a call for assistance around 8.10am, and subsequently arrested a 26-year-old NUS male student, a resident of the same residential hall, for criminal trespass.
read more
Jail, cane for man who molested NUS classmate
A man was given a conditional warning by the police last year after he was caught peeping at his National University of Singapore (NUS) hall mate while she was in the shower.
As part of the warning, he must remain crime-free for a year or he may be dealt with in court for both his older and new offences.
But he reoffended and molested another woman - his classmate - just two months after the police warned him.
read more
NUS student arrested for outrage of modesty on train
The suspect allegedly started targeting the victim on board a city-bound train on the North-East Line.PHOTO: ST FILE
A student from the National University of Singapore has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a woman at Serangoon MRT Station last Wednesday (Sept 12).
The 23-year-old suspect allegedly started targeting the 28-year-old woman on board a city-bound train on the North-East MRT line.
The victim, who identified herself as Ms Karmen Siew, told The New Paper on Monday that she had boarded the train at Punggol station at around 11.20pm.
read more
Ex-lecturer guilty of molests at school camp 20 years ago
But yesterday, justice prevailed for five victims, after their molester, a former National University of Singapore (NUS) senior psychology lecturer, was convicted of his crimes.
Chan Cheng, 59, was found guilty of five counts of molestation after a trial, having been on the run in Malaysia for 17 years. Seven similar charges involving four boys are still pending.
The victims, who were then 13 and in Secondary 1, were molested by Chan at a school camp in June 1999. He was a consultant at the three-day camp held in the Guillemard Camp in Old Airport Road.
read more
Ex-NUS lecturer plans to appeal against conviction after molesting 5 teenage boys at school camp
Former National University of Singapore lecturer Chan Cheng, who was on the run for 17 years after molesting five teenage boys at a school camp, was sentenced to three years and seven months' jail on Monday (July 29).
Chan, who is now 59, had been found guilty of five counts of molestation last week by District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan after a trial.
Seven other molestation charges involving four boys were taken into consideration for sentencing.
related: Ex-NUS lecturer fled Spore for 17 yrs after molesting 5 teenage boys at school camp
read more
NUS Peeping Tom case: Lawyers say warning appears 'unusual' but mitigating factors need not be made public
The lawyers were commenting on a case of sexual voyeurism at the National University of Singapore's student residence Eusoff Hall, in which the punishment given to the perpetrator had been criticised.ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
Criminal lawyers have said the recent decision by the police to give a young man who filmed a female undergraduate in the shower a conditional warning appears unusual, given that perpetrators in previous cases had been charged.
But they also stressed that there are mitigating factors the Singapore authorities take into account and do not need to make public.
The lawyers interviewed on Monday (April 22) were commenting on a case of sexual voyeurism at the National University of Singapore (NUS), in which the punishment given to the perpetrator had been criticised.
read more
Ex-NUS lecturer found guilty of molesting 5 boys at 1999 school camp
Chan Cheng ran away to Malaysia before he could be charged in court for his crimes but 17 years later was arrested and extradited. (Photo: TODAY/Nuria Ling)
A former psychology lecturer at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was found guilty on Monday (Jul 22) of molesting five 13-year-old boys at a school camp 20 years ago.
He had done so on the pretext of massaging them, powdering them or helping them during a shower.
Chan Cheng, now 59, was convicted after a trial of five charges of molesting the boys over three days in June 1999. Another seven charges of molesting four other boys were stood down.
read more
Company cuts off ties with NUS, students express 'deep concern' as fallout from peeping tom incident widens
The fallout over the National University of Singapore's (NUS) handling of a peeping tom incident has widened, with a company declaring that it will cease all dealings with the university while the mother of the victim lashed out at NUS for letting the perpetrator off "so lightly".
Meanwhile, almost 500 students put up a statement addressed to NUS' senior management, including president Tan Eng Chye, provost Ho Teck Hua and dean Peter Pang, calling on the university to take a "stronger stance against sexual harassment and set a positive example for other universities around the world".
The victim, 23-year-old NUS undergraduate Monica Baey, had taken to Instagram to publicise an incident in which she was filmed by a fellow student while she was showering in her hostel bathroom at NUS' Eusoff Hall last November.
related: NUS students’ union condemns sexual harassment, urges students not to harass peeping tom
read more
NUS voyeur leaves Great Eastern, after firm suspends him for ‘misconduct’
Nicholas Lim has been placed on immediate suspension and has since submitted his resignation, Great Eastern said. The undergraduate had been working at the insurance firm as he was suspended for a semester after filming a fellow student in the shower
A National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduate who was caught filming a fellow student in a hostel toilet has resigned from his role at Great Eastern after the company placed him on immediate suspension.
“We are aware of the recent incident involving Nicholas Lim, a Great Eastern financial representative,” the insurance firm said on Monday (April 22).
“He has been placed on immediate suspension and has since submitted his resignation. Great Eastern strongly disapproves of any inappropriate misconduct by our financial representatives and will not hesitate to take the necessary action.”
related: NUS sets up committee to review discipline, support frameworks after peeping tom victim’s posts go viral
read more
NUS student gets caning, 9 months' jail for molesting fellow student, peeping in hall toilet
After a night of working on her final year project, the 24-year-old National University of Singapore (NUS) student was taking a nap in the computer laboratory with her boyfriend when she was molested.
The culprit was her classmate, who, unknown to her, had been issued a conditional warning for peeping into a hall toilet one-and-a-half years ago.
On Monday (July 30), the molester was sentenced to nine months' jail and three strokes of the cane. The 26-year-old, who cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the victim's identity, pleaded guilty to two charges of molest and insulting the modesty of a woman.
read more
Yet another peeping tom case surfaces at NUS after the Monica Baey incident
Just when National University of Singapore can breathe a sigh of relief, another peeping tom case has surfaced.
This time, a female student has alleged that she was filmed by a student when she was in a bathroom at a residence hall on May 11. The case is now the fourth of its kind since Monica Baey's revelation on how her peeping tom case was handled a month back. She was filmed showering by Nicholas Lim.
A police report has been lodged with the unnamed suspect having been detained by the police to assist in investigations.
related: NUS in the spotlight after 160 cases of questionable disciplinary decisions
read more
Suspected voyeur caught in NUS dorm
Police said they received a call for assistance around 8.10am and later arrested a 26-year-old male National University of Singapore student, also a resident of Raffles Hall, for criminal trespass.PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS
Another Peeping Tom case has surfaced on a university campus.
This time, a female student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was allegedly filmed by a student in a bathroom at a residence hall last Saturday.
This is the fourth reported case since NUS student Monica Baey took to social media last month to express her frustration over the punishment given to fellow student Nicholas Lim for filming her showering in Eusoff Hall.
read more
NUS student charged for allegedly filming hostel mate in shower; believed to be involved in similar cases
A 26-year-old National University of Singapore (NUS) student was charged in court on Monday (May 13) for allegedly filming a female student showering in their hostel.
Joel Rasis Ismail is accused of trespassing in a female bathroom at the Kuok Foundation House — a building in NUS’ Raffles Hall — on Saturday around 6.30am, as well as insulting his 23-year-old victim’s modesty.
The police said they were alerted to the incident at about 8am, and arrested him later that day through follow-up investigations and with the help of closed-circuit television footage.
read more
Another female student allegedly filmed in bathroom, male student arrested
A National University of Singapore spokesman said footage of the male suspect was captured via a newly installed CCTV camera.PHOTO: ST FILE
female student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was allegedly filmed by another student in a bathroom at one of the residence halls on Saturday morning (May 11).
A police report has been made about the incident at Raffles Hall and the suspect has been apprehended by the police for further investigations, said an NUS spokesman.
Police said they received a call for assistance around 8.10am, and subsequently arrested a 26-year-old NUS male student, a resident of the same residential hall, for criminal trespass.
related: 56 cases of sexual offences during academic years from 2015 to 2018
read more
Voyeur arrested after allegedly filming female student in NUS hostel bathroom
The latest voyeurism incident allegedly happened at the National University of Singapore's Raffles Hall
A man was arrested on Saturday (May 11) by the police after he allegedly filmed a female student in a bathroom at a National University of Singapore (NUS) hostel.
In an internal circular sent to NUS students which TODAY has seen, the university's campus security office said it was alerted to the incident at NUS' Raffles Hall on Saturday morning.
"The matter has been reported to the police and we are assisting in their investigation," said the email, which added that the university is providing the victim with "dedicated support and assistance".
related: 56 sexual misconduct cases at local universities in last 3 years
read more
A breakdown of the 56 sexual misconduct cases at local universities in last 3 years
There were 56 cases of sexual misconduct involving students from the six local universities in the last three years, 14 of which were committed off campus, Education Minister Ong Ye Kung told Parliament on Monday (May 6).
Of the 56 cases:
read more
Four peeping tom cases at unis in a month
Joel's case is the fourth reported case involving voyeurs at universities since NUS undergraduate Monica Baey took to Instagram last month to vent her frustrations after being filmed while showering in NUS' Eusoff Hall.
Three peeping tom cases were reported to have taken place at Nanyang Technological University halls in recent weeks, according to local media reports.
Baey had called for tougher action to be taken against the perpetrator, who was made to write an apology letter and undergo mandatory counselling, in addition to being banned from entering Eusoff Hall and suspended from school for a semester.
read more
NUS undergrad filmed in shower; claims school ‘wants to keep it quiet’
Frustrated with the inadequate response by her school and the police, a National University of Singapore (NUS) undergrad chronicled her experience of being filmed in the shower by a fellow NUS student on her personal Instagram account.
The victim claimed that the school “wants to keep it quiet”. Observer+ understands that a police report was filed and the perpetrator let off with a 12-month conditional warning by the police.
In defence, the offender claims he was intoxicated at the time of the incident.
related:
NUS has responded with an apology
Victim’s mother says “trust (in NUS) is now broken.”
read more
Monica Baey’s case won’t be reopened even as NUS accepts review committee’s call for tougher punishments
The National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Board of Trustees has accepted in full a set of recommendations for tougher penalties for sexual misconduct on campus and greater support for victims. But among these recommendations is for past cases that have already been dealt with to remain closed.
In an email to staff and students on Monday (June 10), Mdm Kay Kuok, the chair of the committee that had been tasked to review NUS’ disciplinary and support frameworks, said the committee had “consulted with external legal advisors and determined that past cases on which the Board of Discipline had formally ruled, and for which sanctions have been meted out, cannot be reopened”.
With NUS accepting the recommendations, this means that the case involving undergraduate Monica Baey, which first catapulted the issue into the national spotlight, will not be reopened.
read more
A National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduate has admitted to taking voyeuristic videos, including those of women showering on campus last year.
Joel Rasis Ismail, 27, had done so despite knowing of the uproar caused by a similar incident in 2018, Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Ong told the court yesterday.
That incident involved Ms Monica Baey, who was filmed showering by a fellow NUS student.
related:
NUS student taken to court after allegedly filming woman in shower on campus
More charges NUS student for taking upskirt videos women showering on campus
Monica Baey and Nicholas Lim speak out
Look Back 2019: Spotlight on disturbing compulsion of voyeurism
read more
NUS undergrad admits to filming female hostel residents showering, tried to avoid detection when caught
An architecture student from the National University of Singapore (NUS) first filmed up the skirts of his female colleagues while on an internship in 2016.
Then, in March and May last year, Joel Rasis Ismail took videos of four female students showering in the women’s toilets of a residential hall.
This was despite him knowing that similar voyeurism cases that happened on campus were in the spotlight. He changed clothes to avoid detection, but he ended up still being caught with the help of closed-circuit television camera footage.
related:
NUS student charges of filming women showering in hostel, taking upskirt videos campus
NUS student charged for allegedly filming hostel mate in shower, involved in similar cases
Despite campus security, students tell of encounters with voyeurs, intruders in hostels
read more
NUS student admits climbing into ex-girlfriend's home, choking her
A National University of Singapore (NUS) student climbed into his ex-girlfriend's home with her, before giving her roses and begging her not to end their relationship.
When she turned him down, 23-year-old Yin Zi Qin choked her and pressed his thumb against her eye till it bled.
Yin pleaded guilty on Friday (Feb 21) to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt, with another charge of criminal trespass taken into consideration.
read more
AGC not appealing case involving NUS dentistry student whose sentence triggered public outcry
The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) said on Tuesday (July 21) in response to media queries that it will not appeal the case involving dentistry student Yin Zi Qin, whose sentence had triggered a public outcry and a review of the penalty framework for violent cases.
Yin, 23, from the National University of Singapore (NUS), was convicted of voluntarily causing hurt to an ex-girlfriend, 21. Last Friday, he was handed a 12-day short-detention order, a five-month day-reporting order, as well as 80 hours of community service. He will not have a criminal record if the sentence is successfully completed.
“AGC will not be appealing the matter,” a spokesperson said. On Tuesday, the People’s Action Party’s Women’s Wing and the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) spoke out against the levity of the sentence. There have also been two online petitions related to the case.
read more
NUS student who molested woman jailed two weeks; earlier probation sentence overturned
A 24-year-old university student given probation for molesting a woman at an MRT station had his probation sentence overturned following a successful High Court appeal by the prosecution.
Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon on Monday (April 27) sentenced Terence Siow Kai Yuan to two weeks' imprisonment for his offence, finding that the undergraduate had not shown "an extremely strong propensity for reform".
Siow, an applied mathematics student at the National University of Singapore, had pleaded guilty to one charge of outrage of modesty in September last year.
related:
Prosecution appeals probation for undergrad who molested woman, seeks at least 3 wks' jail
NUS undergrad who molested woman will not begin probation, pending outcome of appeal
Judge probation sentence for NUS student convicted of outraging modesty not a 'soft option'
NUS student arrested for trespassing on female toilet in residential college, 'suspicious devices' retrieved
A National University of Singapore (NUS) student has been arrested for criminal trespass and suspected voyeurism, police said on Monday (Mar 9).
In a news release, the authorities said the 24-year-old was detained by a security officer after he was found in a female toilet at the College of Alice and Peter Tan (CAPT),an NUS residential college, on Saturday morning.
Police said the man allegedly entered the female toilet to install a hidden camera disguised as a smoke detector. A thorough search led to the discovery of one such device in the toilet where the man was detained and another one in another female toilet on the same floor.
read more
Male student who allegedly installed hidden camera in NUS women's toilet arrested
A 24-year-old National University of Singapore (NUS) student was arrested on Saturday morning (March 7) for entering a women’s toilet in an NUS residential college, allegedly to install a hidden camera.
The police said in a statement on Monday night that they found two spy cameras in two women’s toilets on the same floor in the college following his arrest. One of the two cameras was found in the toilet the student was detained in.
They are now investigating the case as one of criminal trespass and suspected voyeurism.
read more
NUS student who allegedly fixed spy cam in female toilet arrested
A 24-year-old student from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who was caught trespassing a female toilet at a residential college was arrested by the police on Saturday (March 7) morning.
The police, who were informed of the incident by the university’s campus security personnel, said that preliminary investigations revealed the student had allegedly entered the female toilet to set up hidden cameras disguised as smoke detectors.
In response to TODAY’s queries, an NUS spokesperson said that the student has been suspended with immediate effect and has been barred from entering all areas on campus.
read more
NUS graduate pleads guilty to taking photos of two female students showering in hostel toilet
In yet another case of voyeurism on a university campus, a 25-year-old former National University of Singapore (NUS) student on Friday (Feb 28) admitted taking photographs of two female students showering in a residential hall women’s toilet.
Ryan You Jun Chao, whose offences took place when he was an NUS student last year, was the subject of disciplinary sanctions "including suspension, deferred graduation, mandatory counselling and rehabilitation sessions", an NUS spokesperson told TODAY on Friday.
You has served the sanctions and has graduated, the spokesperson added.
read more
NUS student took photos of woman in shower a month after he was spotted by another victim
A National University of Singapore (NUS) student who used his mobile phone to snap photos of a woman in a campus shower ran away when his victim spotted the device, only to reoffend less than a month later.
Undeterred despite the near miss, Ryan You Jun Chao targeted another woman in the university as she was in the shower.
You, 25, pleaded guilty in a district court on Friday (Feb 28) to two counts of insulting a woman's modesty. Two criminal trespass charges will be considered during sentencing.
read more
Ex-NUS student admits to taking photos of 2 female students showering in campus toilet
A former National University of Singapore student on Friday (28 February) admitted to photographing two fellow female students as they showered in a residential hall toilet on campus.
Ryan You Jun Chao, 25, pleaded guilty to two counts of insulting the modesty of the two female students, both 23, in February and March last year, and will have two counts of trespassing into the toilet taken into account when he is sentenced. Both victims cannot be named due to a gag order.
On 14 February last year, You woke up and felt tempted to check if there were any women showering in the common female toilet. He found the main door of the common female toilet held open by a door stopper and heard showering sounds.
read more
NUS student pleads guilty to taking photos of two women showering on campus
A National University of Singapore (NUS) student pleaded guilty on Friday (Feb 28) to taking shower photos of two women on campus.
Ryan You Chun Chao, 25, pleaded guilty to two charges of insulting a woman's modesty, with two other charges of trespassing into the ladies' toilet taken into consideration. The court heard that You and the victims, both aged 23, were staying at an NUS residential hall at the time of the offences.
The first incident occurred on Valentine's Day last year. You woke up and felt tempted to check if there were any women showering in the ladies' toilet, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Pavithra Ramkumar.
read more
2 male students insulted women's modesty in different universities, third offender tried to commit offence in poly
In separate incidents, three male students targeted women in different tertiary institutions and preyed on their victims in toilets.
Two of them, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student Pham Nguyen Tuan Anh and Zachary Lim Yong Hao, who was then studying in a junior college, also insulted the modesty of their victims.
The third offender, Republic Polytechnic (RP) student Tee Ze Qian, followed his schoolmate into a toilet and attempted to insult her modesty.
read more
NUS student suspended for allegedly taking photos of two women showering in hostel toilet
A National University of Singapore (NUS) student allegedly trespassed into a women’s toilet at a residential hall on two occasions earlier this year, in order to take photos of female students showering.
Ryan You Jun Chao, 25, is accused of doing so on Feb 14 at about 7.15am, and on March 5 at about 2.15am. He has since been suspended by the university.
The Singaporean was first charged on Oct 30 with two counts each of criminal trespass and insulting a woman’s modesty. He returned to a district court on Wednesday (Dec 11) for a further mention of the case.
read more
NUS student to plead guilty for trespassing, taking shower pics
A National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduate who trespassed into a female toilet within a residential college to take obscene photos of two women indicated in court that he will be pleading guilty to his charges on Wednesday (11 December).
Ryan You Jun Chao, 25, faces two counts of criminally trespassing into the female toilet on 14 February this year at about 7.15am, and on 5 March at about 2.15am.
On both occasions, he allegedly took photos of two women showering with his mobile phone. The female students and the residential college cannot be named due to a gag order by the court.
read more
Student charged with exposing himself, masturbating in NUS library
A man has been charged with exposing himself and masturbating in front of a woman in a library at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Xiong Jiawei, 27, was charged last Thursday (Oct 24) with one count of insulting the modesty of a woman.
According to the charge sheet, he had unzipped his pants, "revealing (his) half-exposed penis", and masturbated in front of the victim.
read more
NUS student charged with flashing, masturbating in front of woman in university science library
Singaporean NUS undergraduate Xiong Jiawei, 27, was charged in court on Oct. 24 for insulting the modesty of a woman.
CNA reported that Xiong was accused of unzipping his pants, exposing his penis and masturbating in front of his victim in the university’s science library.
The incident took place on April 10, 2019 at around 6:20 pm in the science library, located at Block 10, Science Drive 2 of the university campus.
read more
Ex-NUS senior lecturer who rubbed groin against undergraduate's leg jailed 14 weeks
A former National University of Singapore (NUS) senior lecturer who rubbed his groin against a female undergraduate’s leg was jailed 14 weeks’ jail on Thursday (17 October).
Long Yun, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of outraging the modesty of the 20-year-old victim while aboard an NUS shuttle bus in January. He was a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the time of the offence.
The Singapore permanent resident, who is married and has an eight-year-old son, has since been terminated from his position. At around noon on 14 January, Long, a China national, boarded the A1 shuttle bus within the NUS campus at a bus stop along Lower Kent Ridge Road. He boarded the crowded bus through the rear door and stood near the victim.
read more
Ex-NUS senior lecturer jailed 14 weeks for rubbing against undergrad on campus bus
A former senior lecturer from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who molested an undergraduate while on board the campus shuttle bus was sentenced to 14 weeks' jail on Thursday (Oct 17).
Long Yun, who was part of the faculty at the university's Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, had rubbed his groin against the left thigh of a 20-year-old female student for about four minutes.
The court heard that Long, who moved to Singapore from China in 2013 and became a permanent resident in 2015, and the student were on board the NUS shuttle bus service A1 along Lower Kent Ridge Road on Jan 14 this year at around noon.
read more
Yale-NUS suspends student charged with filming upskirt and shower videos of women on campus
The Yale-NUS student who was charged in court on Tuesday (Oct 1) with taking upskirt videos of women and filming them showering on campus has been suspended since March.
The liberal arts college confirmed on Thursday morning that Brandon Lee Bing Xiang is its student and has been suspended. It did not say for how long he will be suspended.
"Brandon Lee Bing Xiang, a student at Yale-NUS College, has been charged in court for insulting the modesty of a fellow student," Professor Joanne Roberts, executive vice-president of academic affairs at Yale-NUS College said in response to media queries.
read more
Another Highly Educated Singaporean Uni Student Accused Of Filming Women Showering
Yet another highly educated, top university student from Singapore has been accused of filming two separate women on two separate occasions while they were using the toilet. This time, the student is reportedly studying at a top university in the UK, and his name is not reported with the reason being to protect his victims from being identified.
The 22 year old student has been charged in court, but his sentencing is only due out in December this year. The student was accused of filming a woman showering in a room at Orchard Hotel on Dec. 2, 2015, at about 1:30am, and filming another woman relieving herself in a toilet at a condominium in the east of Singapore on Dec. 23, 2016, at around 8:30pm. it was alleged that the student placed recording devices in the toilets on both occasions.
The accused applied for permission to leave Singapore to continue with his university education in the UK, and was actually granted a bail of $20,000 and permission to leave the country. his lawyer said that he is not a flight risk, even though he is studying and staying in the UK. He is supposed to be back in Singapore's courts on December 11th, where he will reportedly face more charges.
read more
Defence lawyer refers to verdict for NUS molestation case but fails to seek probation for 43-year-old stalker
In the case that was heard on Tuesday (Oct 1), 43-year-old former insurance agent Fong Poh Kuen was convicted of six charges of stalking and secretly taking photos of girls outside various secondary schools and junior colleges across Singapore between January and October in 2017.
It includes one charge of insulting the modesty of a girl where he took a photo up her skirt at a bus stop along Marine Parade Road in February 2017. He pleaded guilty on Tuesday.
The court heard that Fong approached teenage girls he was attracted to on the pretext that he was conducting “educational surveys” and got them to give him their names, contact numbers and home addresses.
read more
74,000 signatures in 6 days on petition against sentence of molester from NUS
More than 74,000 signatures have been registered on an online petition within six days after it was launched against the sentence received by a molester from the National University of Singapore.
The online petition is calling for signers to take a stand against “favouritism” for sex offenders. The petition was started on Thursday, Sep. 26, 2019.
The convicted molester, Terence Siow Kai Yuan, 23, who is an NUS student, received his sentence the day before.
read more
NUS Molester Avoids Jail As He Has “Potential to Excel”
The judge said the molestation were “minor intrusions”
This young lady was just going about her day and minding her own business on the train when she got sexually harassed by a pervert. This pervert is Terence Siow Kai Yuan, a student at National University of Singapore (NUS) who has been accused of molesting the woman three times but was spared from jail because he has the “potential to excel in life”.
According to The New Paper, District Judge Jasvender Kaur sentenced him to 21 months of supervised probation and said that his actions towards the woman were considered as “minor intrusions” even though he had purposefully touched her three times. The 23-year-old had pleaded guilty to one charge of outraging the modesty of a 28-year-old woman while two other charges were taken into consideration.
The incident had happened on September 12th last year when Siow was on the North East Line heading towards Punggol station at about 11.30pm. He had noticed the victim who was wearing shorts and said that she had “very long legs”. And no, this is not about what she was wearing because she can wear whatever she wants!
read more
Singaporeans decry judge’s move to spare NUS student Terence Siow from jail for molest charge
The offender is a student at the National University of Singapore. Photo: Facebook
A Singapore judge’s decision to sentence a university student who molested a woman to probation instead of jail has sparked outrage, with prosecutors on Friday appealing and the law minister endorsing their move.
Terence Siow, 23, who attends the National University of Singapore (NUS), was convicted on one count of outraging the modesty of the woman by following her after she got off a subway train and using his finger to touch the part of her shorts covering her buttocks.
On Wednesday he was given a 21-month probation order by District Court judge Jasvender Kaur, who found Siow had not been able to control his urge but that the molestation was “minor”.
read more
Ruling for NUS undergrad’s ‘minor intrusion’ molestation case sparks nationwide anger, petition goes viral
If you live in Singapore, there’s no way you would have missed today’s most talked-about story: National University of Singapore (NUS) undergrad Terence Siow Kai Yuan yesterday received a mere slap on the wrist for having repeatedly molested a woman in a public space, as the judge presiding over his case looked to Siow’s accomplishments as a student to determine that he has “potential to excel in life.”
The Case - Siow, 23, was sentenced to 21 months probation by District Judge Jasvender Kaur, who cited his solid academic records, as well as his molestation of a 28-year-old woman in 2018 as “minor intrusions” to explain how she arrived at the decision.
The probation was meted despite the prosecution’s request to have Siow jailed for six weeks, which the prosecution asked for since the defendant had allegedly made an unsettling habit of molesting unsuspecting female victims in public spaces. Apparently, Siow had admitted to committing similar offenses at NUS since 2016.
read more
'Potential to excel in life': NUS undergrad who molested woman gets probation for 'minor intrusion' offences
A university student who molested a woman was given probation on Wednesday (Sept 25) after the judge rejected the prosecution's call for a custodial sentence.
Citing her reasons, District Judge Jasvender Kaur described Terence Siow Kai Yuan's offences as "minor intrusions" several times.
She also noted that the probation report had found Siow suitable for probation as his academic results show he has the "potential to excel in life".
read more
NUS Student Who Molested A Woman Will Not Be Jailed As He Has 'Potential To Excel In Life'
District Judge Jasvender Kaur instead sentenced him to 21 months of supervised probation, saying that the NUS student, identified as Terence Siow Kai Yuan, has the "potential to excel in life".
According to a report in The New Paper, judge Jasvender rejected calls from the prosecution for Siow to be handed a jail term. She justified her decision by describing his three instances of touching his victim as "minor intrusions".
The judge said:
- "Looking at the nature of the intrusion, I would say it is minor,"
- "He was 22 years old when he committed the offences... and the nature of the acts (is) relatively minor," she added while noting his academic results.
- "I think there can be no doubt that there is an extremely strong propensity for reform."
read more
NUS undergrad molester avoids jail because he has good grades & ‘potential to excel in life’
A student from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who repeatedly molested a woman at Serangoon MRT station in September 2018 was on Wednesday (Sep. 25) sentenced to probation.
According to The New Paper, the judge rejected calls from the prosecution for 23-year-old Terence Siow Kai Yuan to be handed a jail term.
Justifying her decision, District Judge Jasvender Kaur reportedly on multiple occasions described Siow’s three instances of touching his victim — twice on her thigh and once at her private parts – as “minor intrusions”.
read more
Outrage erupts online after convicted undergrad molester escapes jail time
News feeds on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms are ablaze with posts related to a sentence handed down to a young National University of Singapore (NUS) student found guilty of outraging a woman’s modesty in a train last year.
Specifically, the ire is directed at the presiding judge’s decision to slap a 21-month supervised probation in lieu of jail time. According to The New Paper, District Judge Jasvender Kaur decided that 23-year-old Terence Siow was suitable for probation due to his academic results showing that he has “potential to excel in life” and that his offences are “minor intrusions".
The intrusions? He repeatedly molested a fellow commuter on a train. Siow sat next to his victim and touched her thigh twice. Even after she moved to another seat and alighted at Serangoon MRT station, he followed her and touched her buttocks over her shorts.
related:
Victim of 'minor intrusion' molestation case disappointed at court's decision
All the dank parodies about the NUS molester who escaped jail time
read more
Police investigating case of NUS associate director accused of sexually abusing his children
In them, the girl, who we are not identifying because she is a minor, made two damning allegations: She said her father filmed her and her brother in the shower.
She also claimed that her father touched her brother’s penis, body, and buttocks.
According to a police report she posted online, the incidents took place between July 2016 and March 2018.
read more
NUS student allegedly filmed girl in hall bathroom, changed his attire to avoid being identified
A 26-year-old National University of Singapore (NUS) student allegedly filmed a 23-year-old female student while she was showering in a bathroom at Raffles Hall on Saturday morning (May 11).
In a statement, the police said that they were alerted to the incident at 8.08am.
Joel Rasis Ismail, who resides in the same residential hall as the victim, was arrested on the same day following investigations and with the aid of CCTV footage.
read more
Seriously, again?: Police charge NUS undergrad for filming fellow student in shower
Men who secretly film women in showers are disgusting, pathetic perverts at best, but it takes a truly unique state of unmitigated stupidity to try and get away with the sick crime at the same university that is still dealing with the fallout of a massive “peeping tom” scandal that erupted the month before.
Police have charged a 26-year-old NUS undergraduate student, identified as Joel Rasis Ismail, with one count of criminal trespassing and one count of insulting a woman’s modesty for allegedly filming a 23-year-old student in the shower of NUS’ Raffles Hall.
Joel was arrested on Saturday soon after police were alerted to his crime, which they say took place at around 6:30am.
read more
NUS student charged for allegedly filming hostel mate in shower, believed to be involved in similar cases
A 26-year-old National University of Singapore (NUS) student was charged in court on Monday (May 13) for allegedly filming a female student showering in their hostel.
Joel Rasis Ismail is accused of trespassing in a female bathroom at the Kuok Foundation House — a building in NUS’ Raffles Hall — on Saturday around 6.30am, as well as insulting his 23-year-old victim’s modesty.
The police said they were alerted to the incident at about 8am, and arrested him later that day through follow-up investigations and with the help of closed-circuit television footage.
read more
Latest NUS Peeping Tom caught by newly installed CCTV cameras
There has been another Peeping Tom case on a local university campus. A female student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was allegedly filmed by a student in a bathroom at one of the residence halls on Saturday.
This is the fourth reported case since NUS student Monica Baey took to social media in mid-April to express her frustration over the punishment given to fellow student Nicholas Lim for filming her showering in the Eusoff Hall.
Some are now asking why such voyeuristic acts continue despite the public outcry, with observers noting that exposure to such content online from young may be emboldening offenders. A police report has been made about the latest incident at Raffles Hall and the suspect has been apprehended, said an NUS spokesman.
read more
Lessons unlearned: NUS student arrested after allegedly filming female student in bathroom
Yet another university Peeping Tom has been nabbed, adding to the swarm of perpetrators in as many as 56 reported cases of sexual misconduct at the country’s six autonomous universities during the period of 2015-17 alone.
A 26-year-old man was arrested on May 11, Saturday, for having allegedly secretly filmed a female student at a bathroom in Raffles Hall at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
In responding to a call for help that came shortly after 8:00 am, police say they arrested a male resident of Raffles Hall for criminal trespass that same morning. He is now under investigation for insulting the modesty of a woman.
read more
NUS Peeping Tom case: Lawyers say warning appears 'unusual' but mitigating factors need not be made public
Criminal lawyers have said the recent decision by the police to give a young man who filmed a female undergraduate in the shower a conditional warning appears unusual, given that perpetrators in previous cases had been charged.
But they also stressed that there are mitigating factors the Singapore authorities take into account and do not need to make public.
The lawyers interviewed on Monday (April 22) were commenting on a case of sexual voyeurism at the National University of Singapore (NUS), in which the punishment given to the perpetrator had been criticised.
read more
NUS student arrested after allegedly filming female student in bathroom
A female student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was allegedly filmed by another student in a bathroom at one of the residence halls on Saturday morning (May 11).
A police report has been made about the incident at Raffles Hall and the suspect has been apprehended by the police for further investigations, said an NUS spokesman.
Police said they received a call for assistance around 8.10am, and subsequently arrested a 26-year-old NUS male student, a resident of the same residential hall, for criminal trespass.
read more
Man charged in latest NUS Peeping Tom case
The National University of Singapore (NUS) student who allegedly filmed a female hallmate in the shower last Saturday changed his clothes immediately to avoid being identified, said the police.
The latest alleged culprit in a string of Peeping Tom cases reported at local universities in the past month, Joel Rasis Ismail, 26, was charged in court yesterday with one count of criminal trespass and one count of insulting the modesty of a 23-year-old woman.
According to charge sheets, the Singaporean allegedly trespassed into a female bathroom at Kuok Foundation House, a building in NUS' Raffles Hall, on May 11 at about 6.30am. He is said to have then used his mobile phone to record a video of the victim while she was in the shower.
read more
NUS student taken to court after allegedly filming woman in the shower on campus
Even with the National University of Singapore (NUS) in the spotlight over the recent Monica Baey-Nicholas Lim issue, another one of its students was taken to court on Monday (May 13) after he allegedly filmed his schoolmate showering on campus.
Joel Rasis Ismail, 26, was charged with one count each of criminal trespass and insulting the modesty of the 23-year-old woman.
The Singaporean is said to have used his mobile phone to record a video of her showering at around 6.30am on May 11.
read more
NUS student who molested classmate in computer lab, peeped at woman in shower jailed
A National University of Singapore (NUS) student was sentenced to jail and caning on Monday (Jul 30) for peeping at a woman in a hostel shower and molesting his classmate in a computer laboratory on the school campus.
The 26-year-old man, who cannot be named due to a gag order, had committed the first offence on Nov 25, 2015.
At about 5am that day, he heard someone showering in the female toilet at NUS' Eusoff Hall and entered the toilet to peep at the person, court documents said.
read more
NUS student suspected of filming female student at Raffles Hall bathroom arrested
A 26-year-old man was arrested on Saturday (May 11) after he allegedly filmed a female student in a bathroom at a National University of Singapore (NUS) hostel.
In an email to CNA, NUS said it received a report that the incident happened in the bathroom of Raffles Hall in the morning.
"Footage of the male suspect was captured via a newly installed CCTV camera," said an NUS spokesperson.
read more
NUS student charged over latest voyeurism incident on campus
Even with the National University of Singapore (NUS) in the spotlight over the recent Monica Baey-Nicholas Lim issue, another one of its students was taken to court yesterday after he allegedly filmed his schoolmate showering on campus.
Joel Rasis Ismail, 26, was charged with one count each of criminal trespass and insulting the modesty of the 23-year-old woman.
The Singaporean is said to have used his mobile phone to record a video of her showering at around 6.30am last Saturday.
read more
NUS student arrested after allegedly filming female student in bathroom
A female student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was allegedly filmed by another student in a bathroom at one of the residence halls on Saturday morning (May 11).
A police report has been made about the incident at Raffles Hall and the suspect has been apprehended by the police for further investigations, said an NUS spokesman.
Police said they received a call for assistance around 8.10am, and subsequently arrested a 26-year-old NUS male student, a resident of the same residential hall, for criminal trespass.
read more
Jail, cane for man who molested NUS classmate
A man was given a conditional warning by the police last year after he was caught peeping at his National University of Singapore (NUS) hall mate while she was in the shower.
As part of the warning, he must remain crime-free for a year or he may be dealt with in court for both his older and new offences.
But he reoffended and molested another woman - his classmate - just two months after the police warned him.
read more
NUS student arrested for outrage of modesty on train
A student from the National University of Singapore has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a woman at Serangoon MRT Station last Wednesday (Sept 12).
The 23-year-old suspect allegedly started targeting the 28-year-old woman on board a city-bound train on the North-East MRT line.
The victim, who identified herself as Ms Karmen Siew, told The New Paper on Monday that she had boarded the train at Punggol station at around 11.20pm.
read more
Ex-lecturer guilty of molests at school camp 20 years ago
It has been two decades since they were molested
But yesterday, justice prevailed for five victims, after their molester, a former National University of Singapore (NUS) senior psychology lecturer, was convicted of his crimes.
Chan Cheng, 59, was found guilty of five counts of molestation after a trial, having been on the run in Malaysia for 17 years. Seven similar charges involving four boys are still pending.
The victims, who were then 13 and in Secondary 1, were molested by Chan at a school camp in June 1999. He was a consultant at the three-day camp held in the Guillemard Camp in Old Airport Road.
read more
Ex-NUS lecturer plans to appeal against conviction after molesting 5 teenage boys at school camp
Former National University of Singapore lecturer Chan Cheng, who was on the run for 17 years after molesting five teenage boys at a school camp, was sentenced to three years and seven months' jail on Monday (July 29).
Chan, who is now 59, had been found guilty of five counts of molestation last week by District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan after a trial.
Seven other molestation charges involving four boys were taken into consideration for sentencing.
related: Ex-NUS lecturer fled Spore for 17 yrs after molesting 5 teenage boys at school camp
read more
NUS Peeping Tom case: Lawyers say warning appears 'unusual' but mitigating factors need not be made public
Criminal lawyers have said the recent decision by the police to give a young man who filmed a female undergraduate in the shower a conditional warning appears unusual, given that perpetrators in previous cases had been charged.
But they also stressed that there are mitigating factors the Singapore authorities take into account and do not need to make public.
The lawyers interviewed on Monday (April 22) were commenting on a case of sexual voyeurism at the National University of Singapore (NUS), in which the punishment given to the perpetrator had been criticised.
read more
Ex-NUS lecturer found guilty of molesting 5 boys at 1999 school camp
A former psychology lecturer at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was found guilty on Monday (Jul 22) of molesting five 13-year-old boys at a school camp 20 years ago.
He had done so on the pretext of massaging them, powdering them or helping them during a shower.
Chan Cheng, now 59, was convicted after a trial of five charges of molesting the boys over three days in June 1999. Another seven charges of molesting four other boys were stood down.
read more
Company cuts off ties with NUS, students express 'deep concern' as fallout from peeping tom incident widens
The fallout over the National University of Singapore's (NUS) handling of a peeping tom incident has widened, with a company declaring that it will cease all dealings with the university while the mother of the victim lashed out at NUS for letting the perpetrator off "so lightly".
Meanwhile, almost 500 students put up a statement addressed to NUS' senior management, including president Tan Eng Chye, provost Ho Teck Hua and dean Peter Pang, calling on the university to take a "stronger stance against sexual harassment and set a positive example for other universities around the world".
The victim, 23-year-old NUS undergraduate Monica Baey, had taken to Instagram to publicise an incident in which she was filmed by a fellow student while she was showering in her hostel bathroom at NUS' Eusoff Hall last November.
related: NUS students’ union condemns sexual harassment, urges students not to harass peeping tom
read more
NUS voyeur leaves Great Eastern, after firm suspends him for ‘misconduct’
A National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduate who was caught filming a fellow student in a hostel toilet has resigned from his role at Great Eastern after the company placed him on immediate suspension.
“We are aware of the recent incident involving Nicholas Lim, a Great Eastern financial representative,” the insurance firm said on Monday (April 22).
“He has been placed on immediate suspension and has since submitted his resignation. Great Eastern strongly disapproves of any inappropriate misconduct by our financial representatives and will not hesitate to take the necessary action.”
related: NUS sets up committee to review discipline, support frameworks after peeping tom victim’s posts go viral
read more
NUS student gets caning, 9 months' jail for molesting fellow student, peeping in hall toilet
After a night of working on her final year project, the 24-year-old National University of Singapore (NUS) student was taking a nap in the computer laboratory with her boyfriend when she was molested.
The culprit was her classmate, who, unknown to her, had been issued a conditional warning for peeping into a hall toilet one-and-a-half years ago.
On Monday (July 30), the molester was sentenced to nine months' jail and three strokes of the cane. The 26-year-old, who cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the victim's identity, pleaded guilty to two charges of molest and insulting the modesty of a woman.
read more
Yet another peeping tom case surfaces at NUS after the Monica Baey incident
Just when National University of Singapore can breathe a sigh of relief, another peeping tom case has surfaced.
This time, a female student has alleged that she was filmed by a student when she was in a bathroom at a residence hall on May 11. The case is now the fourth of its kind since Monica Baey's revelation on how her peeping tom case was handled a month back. She was filmed showering by Nicholas Lim.
A police report has been lodged with the unnamed suspect having been detained by the police to assist in investigations.
related: NUS in the spotlight after 160 cases of questionable disciplinary decisions
read more
Suspected voyeur caught in NUS dorm
Another Peeping Tom case has surfaced on a university campus.
This time, a female student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was allegedly filmed by a student in a bathroom at a residence hall last Saturday.
This is the fourth reported case since NUS student Monica Baey took to social media last month to express her frustration over the punishment given to fellow student Nicholas Lim for filming her showering in Eusoff Hall.
read more
NUS student charged for allegedly filming hostel mate in shower; believed to be involved in similar cases
A 26-year-old National University of Singapore (NUS) student was charged in court on Monday (May 13) for allegedly filming a female student showering in their hostel.
Joel Rasis Ismail is accused of trespassing in a female bathroom at the Kuok Foundation House — a building in NUS’ Raffles Hall — on Saturday around 6.30am, as well as insulting his 23-year-old victim’s modesty.
The police said they were alerted to the incident at about 8am, and arrested him later that day through follow-up investigations and with the help of closed-circuit television footage.
read more
Another female student allegedly filmed in bathroom, male student arrested
female student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was allegedly filmed by another student in a bathroom at one of the residence halls on Saturday morning (May 11).
A police report has been made about the incident at Raffles Hall and the suspect has been apprehended by the police for further investigations, said an NUS spokesman.
Police said they received a call for assistance around 8.10am, and subsequently arrested a 26-year-old NUS male student, a resident of the same residential hall, for criminal trespass.
related: 56 cases of sexual offences during academic years from 2015 to 2018
read more
Voyeur arrested after allegedly filming female student in NUS hostel bathroom
A man was arrested on Saturday (May 11) by the police after he allegedly filmed a female student in a bathroom at a National University of Singapore (NUS) hostel.
In an internal circular sent to NUS students which TODAY has seen, the university's campus security office said it was alerted to the incident at NUS' Raffles Hall on Saturday morning.
"The matter has been reported to the police and we are assisting in their investigation," said the email, which added that the university is providing the victim with "dedicated support and assistance".
related: 56 sexual misconduct cases at local universities in last 3 years
read more
A breakdown of the 56 sexual misconduct cases at local universities in last 3 years
There were 56 cases of sexual misconduct involving students from the six local universities in the last three years, 14 of which were committed off campus, Education Minister Ong Ye Kung told Parliament on Monday (May 6).
Of the 56 cases:
- Twenty-five involved students from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and two involved students from Yale-NUS, which has its own Board of Discipline separate from NUS
- Twenty were from Nanyang Technological University
- Six were from the Singapore Management University
- The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) had one case each
- Four cases are still under investigation, while there was insufficient evidence to make out offences in two cases.
- Of the remaining 31 cases, 16 were prosecuted in court and 10 resulted in jail terms of between 10 days and eight months, said Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam. The cases which resulted in jail terms were for serious offences involving outrage of modesty or multiple instances of voyeurism, said Mr Ong.
- Of the six who were not jailed, four were put on supervised probation, one received a discharge not amounting to an acquittal, and one case is awaiting sentencing.
- Thirteen other offenders were given a conditional warning and two were given a stern warning. Of the 13 given conditional warnings, one re-offended. The student from NUS was sentenced to eight months’ jail and fined S$2,000 for both his offences committed in 2015 and 2017, said Mr Shanmugam.
read more
Four peeping tom cases at unis in a month
Joel's case is the fourth reported case involving voyeurs at universities since NUS undergraduate Monica Baey took to Instagram last month to vent her frustrations after being filmed while showering in NUS' Eusoff Hall.
Three peeping tom cases were reported to have taken place at Nanyang Technological University halls in recent weeks, according to local media reports.
Baey had called for tougher action to be taken against the perpetrator, who was made to write an apology letter and undergo mandatory counselling, in addition to being banned from entering Eusoff Hall and suspended from school for a semester.
read more
NUS undergrad filmed in shower; claims school ‘wants to keep it quiet’
Frustrated with the inadequate response by her school and the police, a National University of Singapore (NUS) undergrad chronicled her experience of being filmed in the shower by a fellow NUS student on her personal Instagram account.
The victim claimed that the school “wants to keep it quiet”. Observer+ understands that a police report was filed and the perpetrator let off with a 12-month conditional warning by the police.
In defence, the offender claims he was intoxicated at the time of the incident.
related:
NUS has responded with an apology
Victim’s mother says “trust (in NUS) is now broken.”
read more
Monica Baey’s case won’t be reopened even as NUS accepts review committee’s call for tougher punishments
The National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Board of Trustees has accepted in full a set of recommendations for tougher penalties for sexual misconduct on campus and greater support for victims. But among these recommendations is for past cases that have already been dealt with to remain closed.
In an email to staff and students on Monday (June 10), Mdm Kay Kuok, the chair of the committee that had been tasked to review NUS’ disciplinary and support frameworks, said the committee had “consulted with external legal advisors and determined that past cases on which the Board of Discipline had formally ruled, and for which sanctions have been meted out, cannot be reopened”.
With NUS accepting the recommendations, this means that the case involving undergraduate Monica Baey, which first catapulted the issue into the national spotlight, will not be reopened.
read more
'We fell short': NUS president apologises to alumni over handling of sexual misconduct case
The president of the National University of Singapore (NUS) on Tue (Apr 23) apologised to the school's alumni for the way a sexual misconduct case was handled, after the victim took to social media to call for tougher action against a fellow student who had filmed her having a shower.
This comes after NUS undergraduate Ms Monica Baey revealed in a series of public Instagram Stories on Friday that she had caught a fellow 23-yr-old student filming her in the hostel shower with a mobile phone in November last year. The man was given a 12-month conditional warning by police.
Ms Baey's Instagram Stories were viewed thousands of times and triggered the spread of at least two online petitions, one of which had garnered more than 33,000 signatures demanding "stiffer punishment" for the accused.
read more
NUS Peeping Tom given conditional warning due to high likelihood of rehabilitation: Police
The police have explained their decision to give a 23-year-old male undergraduate from the National University of Singapore (NUS) a conditional warning for trespassing & filming a female student in the shower without her consent.
Two online petitions had called on the university and the police to take tougher action against the undergraduate after the female student, Ms Monica Baey, a third-year NUS communications and new media undergraduate, posted her unhappiness with the punishment on her Instagram account last Thursday and Friday.
In a statement on Tue (Apr 23), the police said the accused in this case was assessed to have a “high likelihood of rehabilitation, and was remorseful”.
read more
NUS voyeur given conditional warning as he was 'assessed to have high likelihood of rehabilitation'
The 23-yr-old male National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduate who committed criminal trespass & insulted the modesty of a female student last year was given a 12-month conditional warning because he had been assessed to have a high likelihood of rehabilitation and was remorseful, said Singapore police in a statement on Tue (Apr 23).
The authorities were responding to "public discussions" that had been building up around the case since the victim, NUS undergrad Monica Baey, first opened up about it on her Instagram account last week.
Police highlighted that one of the points of discussion was rules ensuring that premises like NUS provide a safe environment and noted that NUS was reviewing its rules on how such conduct should be treated.
read more
Police on why NUS peeping Tom was given conditional warning
The police have responded to public debate on the 12-month conditional warning given to a 23-year-old male National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduate who took a video of a female student while she was showering in her hostel bathroom.
Monica Baey, 23, took to Instagram on Friday (Apr 19) to publicise how she was recorded by a fellow student and personal friend while she was showering in her hostel bathroom at Eusoff Hall last November.
After he was slapped with a 12-month conditional warning, she wrote she wanted "real consequences for perpetrators that commit such acts".
read more
NUS accepts recommendations for tougher penalties on sexual misconduct; minimum 1-year suspension for serious offences
NUS undergraduate Monica Baey's Instagram posts in April had sparked a discussion about disciplinary processes in universities and how sexual misconduct cases are handled. PHOTO: ST FILE
The National University of Singapore has accepted all the recommendations by a review committee on sexual misconduct, including tougher penalties such as a minimum one-year suspension for serious offences and immediate expulsion for severe or aggravated cases.
The committee was set up to review the university's disciplinary and support frameworks after an undergraduate who was filmed in the shower at a hostel said that the punishment meted out to the perpetrator was too lenient.
Madam Kay Kuok, a barrister-at-law and a member of the NUS Board of Trustees, set out some of the recommendations in an e-mail to students, staff and alumni on Monday (June 10).
read more
25 cases involving sexual misconduct in NUS from 2015-2018 and how they were dealt with
Three PDF documents leaked online detailing a comprehensive list of offences from 2015 to 2018 shines light on the consideration given in the cases, and the penalties meted out.
In one case, a NUS student entered a children’s toilet and filmed children in the adjacent cubicle on multiple occasions.
Interestingly, if the victims involved male students, it is less likely that police reports will be made.
read more
Seeking closure, Monica Baey says 'change has finally come', but more needs to be done
In a lengthy statement on Instagram captioned “Closure”, National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduate Monica Baey addressed the criticisms that she has received since going viral, called on trolls to stop harassing the peeping tom who filmed her and encouraged other victims of sexual crimes to speak up.
Ms Baey, 23, has been a national talking point since a week and a half ago, when a series of Instagram stories she posted went viral.
In them, she expressed her anger at the light punishment that had been meted out to a fellow student who had filmed her while she was showering at Eusoff Hall in NUS last November.
related:
NUS held a town hall for students
NUS convened a review committee to relook its disciplinary & support frameworks
Education Minister Ong Ye Kung:penalties against voyeur “manifestly inadequate”
read more
12 NUS students would have been expelled if new, tougher sanctions for sexual misconduct were in place
A review committee on sexual misconduct at the National University of Singapore (NUS) said the current sanctions did not act as a “strong deterrent” and that 12 offenders would have been expelled under its tougher new framework.
The school convened a review committee in April this year after undergraduate Monica Baey called for tougher sanctions against a fellow student Nicholas Lim, who filmed her in a hostel shower. Education Minister Ong Ye Kung had previously called the penalties “manifestly inadequate”.
In the committee’s report on Monday (Jun 10) to the NUS Board of Trustees, seen by CNA, they said there was a “significant number of sexual misconduct incidents every year” at NUS and concluded that the current sanctions framework for serious offences “does not act as a strong deterrent against such offences”.
read more
NUS gets tough on sexual misconduct
Review committee recommends that students making sexual innuendos be suspended for a year, those revealing details of sexual encounters be expelled
National University of Singapore (NUS) students who make sexual innuendoes can face mandatory suspension of at least a year.
Repeat and recalcitrant offenders may face expulsion. Anyone who posts intimate details of sexual trysts with another person on social media will be expelled.
The enhanced penalties were part of 10 recommendations made by an NUS committee set up to review sexual misconduct and address gaps in victim support, offender rehabilitation, penalties and campus security.
read more
NUS peeping tom case: Victim's action may come under new 'doxxing' laws
Lawyer Fong Wei Li said: "Under the new laws, which are yet to come into force, the information that was posted online can be deemed to cause harassment if the intention to do so can be proven."
Mr Fong said that even though Ms Baey was a victim of a crime, it would not make a difference under Poha.
He also added that it is for the perpetrator to take action against Ms Baey if he feels that he has been harassed or alarmed by her actions.
read more
NUS penalties for sexual misconduct case 'manifestly inadequate': Ong Ye Kung
Education Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Mon (Apr 22) the penalties meted out by the National University of Singapore (NUS) on a recent sexual misconduct case were "manifestly inadequate".
Commenting publicly for the first time on the incident, Mr Ong said in a Facebook post: "2 nights ago, I spoke to the NUS President, and then the Board Chairman, to convey my concerns that the penalties NUS applied were manifestly inadequate in the recent sexual misconduct case.
"From here on, for offences that affect the safety of students on campus, we have to take a tough stand, and send a strong signal to everyone," he added. "2 strikes and you are out cannot be the standard application. NUS has to make its campus safe for all students, especially female students."
read more
NUS to convene review committee after student calls for tougher action against man who filmed her in shower
Ms Monica Baey said she noticed an iPhone being held underneath the door after she finished showering. PHOTO: MONICABAEY / INSTAGRAM
The National University of Singapore (NUS) will convene a committee to review its disciplinary & support frameworks after a female undergraduate accused it of not doing enough to punish a fellow student who had filmed her showering.
The committee, which will include members from the NUS Board of Trustees, will study the approaches taken by other international institutions and solicit views from various stakeholders, NUS dean of students, Associate Professor Peter Pang, said in a statement on Saturday (Apr 20).
The findings of the study and follow-up actions will be shared in the new academic year, he added. The new academic year begins this August.
read more
Mother of undergrad Monica Baey filmed in campus shower speaks up: Trust in university ‘is now broken’
The mother of an undergraduate who was filmed in the campus shower by a perv has spoken up about the incident, claiming her trust in her daughter’s university is now broken.
Mary Baey, the mother of third-year communications undergraduate Monica Baey, released a comment on Facebook about the incident commending her daughter for speaking up and criticizi;ng the sanctions that National University of Singapore (NUS) gave the perv as “completely unacceptable”.
In a Facebook comment on Saturday, Mary said that she was shocked when she learned about the incident from her daughter and slammed the 12-month conditional stern warning that the police gave the perv as “completely ridiculous”.
related: Lessons everyone can learn from the Monica Baey NUS shower video incident
read more
National University of Singapore in the spotlight after 160 cases of questionable disciplinary decisions
You've might have heard, the National University of Singapore is no longer the top higher education institute in Asia Pacific. However, take a peek into its corridors - or in our case, taking a look at these statistics - would make you understand why.
A group of students of the prestigious Singaporean university who run the Facebook group, NUS Students United (NUSSU), recently uploaded data of disciplinary cases from 2015 to 2018.
Within three years, there has been a total of 160 cases concerning 170 students. The cases range from cheating in exams, plagiarism, assault, to - you guessed it - sexual harassment.
read more
20 insult/outrage of modesty cases in NUS from 2015 – 2018
The recent National University of Singapore scandal regarding a man filming a lady while she was showering has set off a firestorm of outrage with regards to the punishment meted out against the perpetrator.
NUS has stated they will convene a committee to review the current disciplinary and support frameworks. Others feel that isn’t really enough. However, to understand what needs to be done, it is quite important to review what has been done for previous cases.
Here are all the insult/outrage of modesty cases over the past few years, and the disciplinary measures meted out in regards to them.
read more
26 incidents of sexual offences reviewed by NUS Board of Discipline over past 3 years, no expulsions
Over the past three years, 26 cases of sexual offences were brought before the National University of Singapore's (NUS') disciplinary board, according to a summary of cases available on the university’s student portal.
Eighteen cases involved sexual voyeurism, with some students also taking upskirt videos and photographs, or filming both male and female students showering.
Five involved outrage of modesty, or touching the thighs or buttocks of female students.
read more
In April 2019, undergraduate Monica Baey spoke out after being filmed in the shower by a fellow NUS undergraduate, Nicholas Lim.
In September, another NUS undergraduate Terence Siow Kai Yuan was charged for repeatedly molesting a woman at Serangoon MRT in September 2018.
NUS undergrad molester avoids jail because he has good grades & ‘potential to excel in life’.
Judge explains why probation sentence for molester from NUS is in ‘best interest’ of society, not ‘soft option’
The next month, NUS announced a slew of measures to safeguard its students from similar incidents on campus, including the installation of at least 300 more cameras and introducing roving security patrols.
On April 17, a 22-year-old male student from Tamarind Hall allegedly filmed a 20-year-old female student showering in the campus residences.
Several days later, on April 21, a 19-year-old man allegedly took photographs of another man in the shower in Hall 3.
On May. 1, a student allegedly used a red stool to peek into the women’s toilet in Hall 4.
Man allegedly took photos of another man in NTU hall shower on Easter Sunday, police investigating.
2nd case of Peeping Tom filming student in NTU hostel shower reported in 4 days.
3rd Peeping Tom incident in NTU in 3 weeks.
read more
related:
Molestation: "2 years' imprisonment is not worth it"
NUS Molester Avoids Jail As He Has “Potential to Excel”
Sexual Harassment Scandal At Singapore's Top University
NUS probes students for alleged stripping
At least 14 NUS undergrads disciplined over risque orientation games
NTU investigating inappropriate student behaviour
Sexualized Freshman Orientations at NUS
"Modesty" and "Outrage of Modesty"
The Upskirt Scourge
Full Monty SG Style
Immodest Anti-Social Behaviours
Professor Tan Eng Chye is the president of the National University of Singapore. (Photo: NUS)
The president of the National University of Singapore (NUS) on Tue (Apr 23) apologised to the school's alumni for the way a sexual misconduct case was handled, after the victim took to social media to call for tougher action against a fellow student who had filmed her having a shower.
This comes after NUS undergraduate Ms Monica Baey revealed in a series of public Instagram Stories on Friday that she had caught a fellow 23-yr-old student filming her in the hostel shower with a mobile phone in November last year. The man was given a 12-month conditional warning by police.
Ms Baey's Instagram Stories were viewed thousands of times and triggered the spread of at least two online petitions, one of which had garnered more than 33,000 signatures demanding "stiffer punishment" for the accused.
read more
NUS Peeping Tom given conditional warning due to high likelihood of rehabilitation: Police
The police have explained their decision to give a 23-year-old male undergraduate from the National University of Singapore (NUS) a conditional warning for trespassing & filming a female student in the shower without her consent.
Two online petitions had called on the university and the police to take tougher action against the undergraduate after the female student, Ms Monica Baey, a third-year NUS communications and new media undergraduate, posted her unhappiness with the punishment on her Instagram account last Thursday and Friday.
In a statement on Tue (Apr 23), the police said the accused in this case was assessed to have a “high likelihood of rehabilitation, and was remorseful”.
read more
NUS voyeur given conditional warning as he was 'assessed to have high likelihood of rehabilitation'
The 23-yr-old male National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduate who committed criminal trespass & insulted the modesty of a female student last year was given a 12-month conditional warning because he had been assessed to have a high likelihood of rehabilitation and was remorseful, said Singapore police in a statement on Tue (Apr 23).
The authorities were responding to "public discussions" that had been building up around the case since the victim, NUS undergrad Monica Baey, first opened up about it on her Instagram account last week.
Police highlighted that one of the points of discussion was rules ensuring that premises like NUS provide a safe environment and noted that NUS was reviewing its rules on how such conduct should be treated.
read more
Police on why NUS peeping Tom was given conditional warning
The police have responded to public debate on the 12-month conditional warning given to a 23-year-old male National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduate who took a video of a female student while she was showering in her hostel bathroom.
Monica Baey, 23, took to Instagram on Friday (Apr 19) to publicise how she was recorded by a fellow student and personal friend while she was showering in her hostel bathroom at Eusoff Hall last November.
After he was slapped with a 12-month conditional warning, she wrote she wanted "real consequences for perpetrators that commit such acts".
read more
NUS accepts recommendations for tougher penalties on sexual misconduct; minimum 1-year suspension for serious offences
The National University of Singapore has accepted all the recommendations by a review committee on sexual misconduct, including tougher penalties such as a minimum one-year suspension for serious offences and immediate expulsion for severe or aggravated cases.
The committee was set up to review the university's disciplinary and support frameworks after an undergraduate who was filmed in the shower at a hostel said that the punishment meted out to the perpetrator was too lenient.
Madam Kay Kuok, a barrister-at-law and a member of the NUS Board of Trustees, set out some of the recommendations in an e-mail to students, staff and alumni on Monday (June 10).
read more
25 cases involving sexual misconduct in NUS from 2015-2018 and how they were dealt with
The National University of Singapore (NUS) voyeurism saga is not all that uncommon
Three PDF documents leaked online detailing a comprehensive list of offences from 2015 to 2018 shines light on the consideration given in the cases, and the penalties meted out.
In one case, a NUS student entered a children’s toilet and filmed children in the adjacent cubicle on multiple occasions.
Interestingly, if the victims involved male students, it is less likely that police reports will be made.
read more
Seeking closure, Monica Baey says 'change has finally come', but more needs to be done
In a lengthy statement on Instagram captioned “Closure”, National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduate Monica Baey addressed the criticisms that she has received since going viral, called on trolls to stop harassing the peeping tom who filmed her and encouraged other victims of sexual crimes to speak up.
Ms Baey, 23, has been a national talking point since a week and a half ago, when a series of Instagram stories she posted went viral.
In them, she expressed her anger at the light punishment that had been meted out to a fellow student who had filmed her while she was showering at Eusoff Hall in NUS last November.
related:
NUS held a town hall for students
NUS convened a review committee to relook its disciplinary & support frameworks
Education Minister Ong Ye Kung:penalties against voyeur “manifestly inadequate”
read more
12 NUS students would have been expelled if new, tougher sanctions for sexual misconduct were in place
A review committee on sexual misconduct at the National University of Singapore (NUS) said the current sanctions did not act as a “strong deterrent” and that 12 offenders would have been expelled under its tougher new framework.
The school convened a review committee in April this year after undergraduate Monica Baey called for tougher sanctions against a fellow student Nicholas Lim, who filmed her in a hostel shower. Education Minister Ong Ye Kung had previously called the penalties “manifestly inadequate”.
In the committee’s report on Monday (Jun 10) to the NUS Board of Trustees, seen by CNA, they said there was a “significant number of sexual misconduct incidents every year” at NUS and concluded that the current sanctions framework for serious offences “does not act as a strong deterrent against such offences”.
read more
NUS gets tough on sexual misconduct
National University of Singapore (NUS) students who make sexual innuendoes can face mandatory suspension of at least a year.
Repeat and recalcitrant offenders may face expulsion. Anyone who posts intimate details of sexual trysts with another person on social media will be expelled.
The enhanced penalties were part of 10 recommendations made by an NUS committee set up to review sexual misconduct and address gaps in victim support, offender rehabilitation, penalties and campus security.
read more
NUS peeping tom case: Victim's action may come under new 'doxxing' laws
Lawyer Fong Wei Li said: "Under the new laws, which are yet to come into force, the information that was posted online can be deemed to cause harassment if the intention to do so can be proven."
Mr Fong said that even though Ms Baey was a victim of a crime, it would not make a difference under Poha.
He also added that it is for the perpetrator to take action against Ms Baey if he feels that he has been harassed or alarmed by her actions.
read more
NUS penalties for sexual misconduct case 'manifestly inadequate': Ong Ye Kung
Education Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Mon (Apr 22) the penalties meted out by the National University of Singapore (NUS) on a recent sexual misconduct case were "manifestly inadequate".
Commenting publicly for the first time on the incident, Mr Ong said in a Facebook post: "2 nights ago, I spoke to the NUS President, and then the Board Chairman, to convey my concerns that the penalties NUS applied were manifestly inadequate in the recent sexual misconduct case.
"From here on, for offences that affect the safety of students on campus, we have to take a tough stand, and send a strong signal to everyone," he added. "2 strikes and you are out cannot be the standard application. NUS has to make its campus safe for all students, especially female students."
read more
NUS to convene review committee after student calls for tougher action against man who filmed her in shower
The National University of Singapore (NUS) will convene a committee to review its disciplinary & support frameworks after a female undergraduate accused it of not doing enough to punish a fellow student who had filmed her showering.
The committee, which will include members from the NUS Board of Trustees, will study the approaches taken by other international institutions and solicit views from various stakeholders, NUS dean of students, Associate Professor Peter Pang, said in a statement on Saturday (Apr 20).
The findings of the study and follow-up actions will be shared in the new academic year, he added. The new academic year begins this August.
read more
Mother of undergrad Monica Baey filmed in campus shower speaks up: Trust in university ‘is now broken’
The mother of an undergraduate who was filmed in the campus shower by a perv has spoken up about the incident, claiming her trust in her daughter’s university is now broken.
Mary Baey, the mother of third-year communications undergraduate Monica Baey, released a comment on Facebook about the incident commending her daughter for speaking up and criticizi;ng the sanctions that National University of Singapore (NUS) gave the perv as “completely unacceptable”.
In a Facebook comment on Saturday, Mary said that she was shocked when she learned about the incident from her daughter and slammed the 12-month conditional stern warning that the police gave the perv as “completely ridiculous”.
related: Lessons everyone can learn from the Monica Baey NUS shower video incident
read more
National University of Singapore in the spotlight after 160 cases of questionable disciplinary decisions
You've might have heard, the National University of Singapore is no longer the top higher education institute in Asia Pacific. However, take a peek into its corridors - or in our case, taking a look at these statistics - would make you understand why.
A group of students of the prestigious Singaporean university who run the Facebook group, NUS Students United (NUSSU), recently uploaded data of disciplinary cases from 2015 to 2018.
Within three years, there has been a total of 160 cases concerning 170 students. The cases range from cheating in exams, plagiarism, assault, to - you guessed it - sexual harassment.
read more
20 insult/outrage of modesty cases in NUS from 2015 – 2018
Here’s how they were dealt with
The recent National University of Singapore scandal regarding a man filming a lady while she was showering has set off a firestorm of outrage with regards to the punishment meted out against the perpetrator.
NUS has stated they will convene a committee to review the current disciplinary and support frameworks. Others feel that isn’t really enough. However, to understand what needs to be done, it is quite important to review what has been done for previous cases.
Here are all the insult/outrage of modesty cases over the past few years, and the disciplinary measures meted out in regards to them.
read more
26 incidents of sexual offences reviewed by NUS Board of Discipline over past 3 years, no expulsions
Over the past three years, 26 cases of sexual offences were brought before the National University of Singapore's (NUS') disciplinary board, according to a summary of cases available on the university’s student portal.
Eighteen cases involved sexual voyeurism, with some students also taking upskirt videos and photographs, or filming both male and female students showering.
Five involved outrage of modesty, or touching the thighs or buttocks of female students.
read more
Other local unis also reviewing how they handle sexual misconduct
The five other local universities are also reviewing their disciplinary processes for sexual misconduct, even as the National University of Singapore (NUS) came under fire for how it handled a Peeping Tom case on its grounds.
In response to queries, all of them said they are paying more attention to sexual misconduct & are looking at how to improve their policies and support victims better.
They also said they have existing security measures such as surveillance & campus patrols, as well as 24/7 hotlines for students to report suspicious persons & call counselling centres.
Similar incidents involving university students
In April 2019, undergraduate Monica Baey spoke out after being filmed in the shower by a fellow NUS undergraduate, Nicholas Lim.
In September, another NUS undergraduate Terence Siow Kai Yuan was charged for repeatedly molesting a woman at Serangoon MRT in September 2018.
NUS undergrad molester avoids jail because he has good grades & ‘potential to excel in life’.
Judge explains why probation sentence for molester from NUS is in ‘best interest’ of society, not ‘soft option’
The next month, NUS announced a slew of measures to safeguard its students from similar incidents on campus, including the installation of at least 300 more cameras and introducing roving security patrols.
On April 17, a 22-year-old male student from Tamarind Hall allegedly filmed a 20-year-old female student showering in the campus residences.
Several days later, on April 21, a 19-year-old man allegedly took photographs of another man in the shower in Hall 3.
On May. 1, a student allegedly used a red stool to peek into the women’s toilet in Hall 4.
Man allegedly took photos of another man in NTU hall shower on Easter Sunday, police investigating.
2nd case of Peeping Tom filming student in NTU hostel shower reported in 4 days.
3rd Peeping Tom incident in NTU in 3 weeks.
NUS Molester Avoids Jail As He Has “Potential to Excel”
This young lady was just going about her day and minding her own business on the train when she got sexually harassed by a pervert. This pervert is Terence Siow Kai Yuan, a student at National University of Singapore (NUS) who has been accused of molesting the woman three times but was spared from jail because he has the “potential to excel in life”.
According to The New Paper, District Judge Jasvender Kaur sentenced him to 21 months of supervised probation and said that his actions towards the woman were considered as “minor intrusions” even though he had purposefully touched her three times. The 23-year-old had pleaded guilty to one charge of outraging the modesty of a 28-year-old woman while two other charges were taken into consideration.
The incident had happened on September 12th last year when Siow was on the North East Line heading towards Punggol station at about 11.30pm. He had noticed the victim who was wearing shorts and said that she had “very long legs”. And no, this is not about what she was wearing because she can wear whatever she wants!
Sexual Harassment Scandal At Singapore's Top University
NUS student Ryan You Jun Chao pleaded guilty in a district court on Feb 28 to two counts of insulting a woman's modesty.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
A National University of Singapore (NUS) student who used his mobile phone to snap photos of a woman in a campus shower ran away when his victim spotted the device, only to reoffend less than a month later.
Undeterred despite the near miss, Ryan You Jun Chao targeted another woman in the university as she was in the shower.
You, 25, pleaded guilty in a district court on Friday (Feb 28) to two counts of insulting a woman's modesty. Two criminal trespass charges will be considered during sentencing.
NUS probes students for alleged stripping
2 years after sexualised orientation games at the National University of Singapore (NUS) sparked a public furore, some of its students may find themselves in hot water again, this time by allegedly stripping naked.
The incident occurred during an unofficial orientation outing to Sentosa earlier this month when some seniors & freshmen took off their clothes in the sea while playing a game.
NUS told The New Paper that it is now investigating the students for inappropriate behaviour.
At least 14 NUS undergrads disciplined over risque orientation games
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has taken action against 30 senior students for their role in inappropriate orientation activities in July.
In a circular sent to students yesterday afternoon and obtained by The Straits Times, Professor Tan Eng Chye, NUS' deputy president (academic affairs) and provost, stated the range of punishments meted out.
These included suspension for one semester, fines of up to $2,000 and mandatory community service of up to 100 hours.
Molestation: "2 years' imprisonment is not worth it"
Crime prevention posters, including ones that reference molest, are displayed on MRT trains. (Photos: Facebook / Aware Singapore)
Women’s rights group AWARE said on Sunday (Nov 17) that the crime prevention posters on outrage of modesty do not say that the act is wrong, but only that it is “expensive”.
This comes after police issued a statement on Saturday saying that AWARE had misunderstood the purpose of their campaign.
AWARE had earlier brought attention to the posters saying that there was a desperate need for a shift in the way sexual violence is talked about and framed. In a post on Facebook, AWARE said that it was namely concerned about the visual motif of the price tag on the molester’s hand, as well as the tagline, which reads: “2 years' imprisonment. It is not worth it.”
Sexualized Freshman Orientations at NUS
When National University of Singapore (NUS) freshman Rachel Lee turned up at an orientation camp in campus last month, she got a rude shock. During one of the games, she was made to do a forfeit where the "girls had to lie down and the guys had to do push-ups over them", she said.
Ms Lee, 19, declined to comply - she felt the act was lewd. Another game she observed required participants to pass M&M chocolates to one another using their mouths.
"I left after the first day with five or six like-minded friends," she said of the five-day camp organised by the NUS Students' Union.
Molestation: "2 years' imprisonment is not worth it"
NUS Molester Avoids Jail As He Has “Potential to Excel”
Sexual Harassment Scandal At Singapore's Top University
NUS probes students for alleged stripping
At least 14 NUS undergrads disciplined over risque orientation games
NTU investigating inappropriate student behaviour
Sexualized Freshman Orientations at NUS
"Modesty" and "Outrage of Modesty"
The Upskirt Scourge
Full Monty SG Style
Immodest Anti-Social Behaviours
Spate of Online Scams
Spate of NUS molestation cases
Spate of fires linked to charging of PMDs
Spate of maid abuse cases
Spate of Mishaps at crown Jewel
Spate of Scoot 'flight disruptions'
Spate of fires linked to charging of PMDs
Spate of maid abuse cases
Spate of Mishaps at crown Jewel
Spate of Scoot 'flight disruptions'
Spate of Teacher-Student Misconduct
Spate of SingPost 'service failures'
Spate of Data Breaches In Singapore
Spate of MOH's slip-ups
Spate of food poisoning cases
Spate of molestation and outrage of modesty
Spate of MRT disruptions
Spate of e-bike accidents
Spate of cars flipping over
Spate of facade cladding falling off
Spate of Escalator accidents
Spate of lift accidents
Spate of SingPost 'service failures'
Spate of Data Breaches In Singapore
Spate of MOH's slip-ups
Spate of food poisoning cases
Spate of molestation and outrage of modesty
Spate of MRT disruptions
Spate of e-bike accidents
Spate of cars flipping over
Spate of facade cladding falling off
Spate of Escalator accidents
Spate of lift accidents
