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SINGAPORE: While training with the police as a full-time national military, a man allegedly entered a women’s restroom at the training ground illegally and pointed his phone camera at an officer who was taking a shower.
Jonathan Chua Wei Cong, now 23, was tried on Thursday (November 26) on one count of insulting a woman’s modesty and another of rape.
The court heard that he was sent to a Singapore Police unit between January and March last year.
On March 12 of last year, Chua finished his theory lesson in the unit’s main block and went with some other soldiers to return his books to the locker room.
He then entered a women’s bathroom on the ground floor, without being accompanied by the rest, the prosecution said.
According to the prosecution case, a police officer working in the unit was taking a shower in the women’s bathroom after training when he saw a mobile phone on top of the cubicle door.
She screamed and the criminal ran away before she could see him, Deputy Prosecutor Tan Zhi Hao said.
He reported the incident to his superiors and they issued a closure order. Phones belonging to those present at the time of the crime were inspected, and the list of suspects was narrowed down to Chua and 13 others based on the description of the phone provided by the victim.
Subsequent investigations revealed that the other 13 people did not enter the women’s bathroom that day.
It is indisputable that Chua entered the bathroom, but the issues in dispute are: if he entered the bathroom with the intention of committing the crime of insulting a woman’s modesty; if you entered while the victim was showering; and if so, did he move his phone to the top of the stall and point it at her while she was showering.
“We maintain that the test will inexorably answer yes to these questions,” said the prosecutor.
The victim was the first to testify, but the hearing was not open to the public or the media while he did so.
If convicted of insulting a woman’s modesty, Chua could be jailed for up to a year, fined, or both. If you are found guilty of breaking and entering, you could be jailed for up to three months, fined up to S $ 1,500, or both.
A third count of possession of an obscene movie on his phone was dropped or dropped for the time being.
CNA has contacted the police for more information.
