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SINGAPORE: A 48-year-old doctor was acquitted on Monday (March 8) of sexually abusing a 24-year-old patient at his clinic, and the judge found the woman’s testimony inconsistent and unconvincing.
She did not find the woman’s evidence to be “unusually compelling”, and found that her boyfriend’s behavior when approaching the doctor was “highly unusual.”
Dr. Lui Weng Sun had contested a charge of sexually abusing a Vietnamese citizen at the Northeast Medical Group clinic in Block 39 of Jalan Tiga on November 6, 2017.
The woman claimed that she had lowered the cup of her bra, placed a stethoscope on her chest, and touched her chest area.
According to the woman’s boyfriend, Dr. Lui had said he needed to “check internal things,” such as the liver, lungs and heart. Later, the groom made a police report.
Dr. Lui, who was defended by a team of attorneys led by Mr. Shashi Nathan, called the allegations “outrageous” and “ridiculous”, saying that he “definitely did not do it” and that he would “never abuse patients” .
According to Dr. Lui, the woman’s boyfriend called him later and said things like: “I don’t know about you doctors, you have money and lawyers, and I’m also afraid of threatening you.”
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Dr. Lui stated that the groom wanted compensation and said, “For me, this is a small matter, but for you, it is a very important matter.”
THE JUDGE EXPLAINS THE CONTRADICTIONS IN THE TESTIMONY
District Judge Jasvender Kaur said Monday she found the woman’s evidence “confusing and contradictory” in places. She gave different versions of what allegedly happened in her statements to the police and in court.
In her statements to the police, the woman said that Dr. Lui had rolled up his shirt once, but said it was twice when he testified in court.
He also did not say in his statements to the police that a clinic assistant had opened the door during his consultation. At first, he said in court that the aide had knocked on the door, but when faced with evidence that he didn’t, he said he heard a knock.
She also made “a sudden turn” when asked in court if she was sure that Dr. Lui had placed his stethoscope on her chest after the assistant left the room, and changed her evidence to say that she could not remember. .
Referring to her testimony that Dr. Lui had lifted her shirt twice, the judge said: “I don’t see why you couldn’t give a coherent version in the police statement.”
Another inconsistency was in relation to the cup of the woman’s bra. She said in court that her bra cup was turned down before she was disturbed, but she had told police that her bra had been lowered.
The police officer testified that the woman had not told him that the bra cup was turned outward, but instead used both hands to indicate that her bra had been lowered.
“If only one cup of the bra was turned up to expose her chest, the complainant could have done this to show (the officer). There is no explanation why she described it with an inconsistent gesture,” the judge said.
She added that she couldn’t see why the woman’s boyfriend had to get more involved with Dr. Lui after calling him once. During his second phone call, he told Dr. Lui that the police would not let the matter go even if they solved it privately.
“He said this matter ‘affects you a lot but we don’t care,'” Judge Kaur said. “(He said) ‘they should know very well that this matter affects doctors a lot.’ I knew there was a lot at stake for the defendants.”
“I consider his behavior of wanting to connect with the defendant after the first call to be very unusual,” he said.
