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It targeted at-risk students who had family or disciplinary problems.
Assistant District Attorney Mark Yeo said that when the 48-year-old former principal noticed a student, he would call the boy into his office to speak with him.
DPP Yeo said: “Sometimes the man would also inform the students’ teachers of his intention to speak to them and set a suitable time for them to meet him in his office under the pretext of discussing their disciplinary issues.”
He would then abuse the victims, who were then between 13 and 15 years old, in his office.
The man, who sexually abused seven children in his school, was jailed for 44 months and received seven strokes of the cane yesterday.
He had previously pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual abuse, and eight other similar charges were taken into consideration.
The man, who cannot be identified due to a gag order to protect the identity of the victims, had sexually abused his students between August and October 2017.
Often, the director of operations called them to serve the detention or to be informed of the disciplinary measures that had been taken against them.
The crimes came to light in October 2017, after one of the victims confessed to another victim what happened.
They reported the matter to the operations manager after realizing the man had done similar things to them.
The Ministry of Education was informed and a police report was submitted in November 2017.
I did not want to betray
One of the boys revealed the abuse only during police investigations as he felt that the principal had helped him promote him to High School 2 despite his poor grades and did not want to betray him.
Yesterday, DPPs Yeo and Sruthi Bopanna asked for at least 48 months in prison and seven strokes of the cane, arguing that the man had flagrantly violated the trust placed in him. They said the victims were powerless to reject their advances.
The prosecution said: “Furthermore, the victims were particularly vulnerable to the accused, as their disciplinary records made it less likely that other members of the school staff would believe them, and they would be afraid to resist the accused for fear of being suspended or expelled.” . from the school.”
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