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SINGAPORE: For sexually abusing two teenagers in separate incidents last year, a 21-year-old man was sentenced Thursday (April 1) to 18 months in jail.
The court heard that Malaysian Clement Tan Jun Yan noticed his first victim at the Yishun bus interchange around 9 pm on August 2 last year.
He boarded the same bus as the boy, who was 15 at the time, and sat next to him.
Tan got off at the same bus stop as the victim, then followed him to his block and took the same elevator as him.
The 15-year-old was about to step out of the elevator when Tan blocked his way. He touched the victim’s penis above his shorts, Deputy Prosecutor Niranjan Ranjakunalan said, adding that the crime was captured on CCTV footage.
The boy, who tried to push Tan away, asked him what he was doing and apologized.
The victim told her parents what happened and her mother filed a police report the next day.
Tan was arrested on August 5 and released on bail.
On October 23, at approximately 6:50 a.m. M. Tan boarded the same bus as his second victim, who was on his way to school, and sat next to him.
Tan put his hand on the 13-year-old’s hand. When the teen pulled his hand away, Tan put his left arm around the victim’s shoulder.
Ignoring Tan’s questions, the teenager got up to leave his seat when the defendant squeezed the victim’s buttocks over his clothing.
Tan did this again as the boy walked away.
The victim stopped near the back door of the bus and Tan followed him, eventually getting out while the boy remained on the bus.
The 13-year-old told his form teacher what happened and a police report was filed that morning.
The prosecution noted that a medical report from a doctor from the Institute of Mental Health indicated that Tan had admitted to having sexual interest in young males of high school age and had seen pornographic material involving young males over the age of 13.
The report noted that Tan did not have a mental illness, but did have a sexual interest in pubescent boys in their early teens, also known as hebephilia.
He also claimed that Tan was not in his right mind during the time of the crimes and was in a position to testify in court, the prosecution said.
Tan told the court that he was unable to control his sexual desires due to “stress” at work.
During Tan’s sentencing, two similar charges linked to other victims, also teenagers, were considered.
