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Shaffiq Alkhatib
The times of the strait
October 19, 2020
A student at the Singapore Management University (SMU) allegedly targeted the same woman 19 times, secretly filming videos of her between May 28 and September 3 last year.
The court documents did not indicate the locations where the student, Tien Kiat Chong, is said to have committed the crimes using his mobile phone.
The 24-year-old Singaporean, whose case was heard in district court on October 14, faces one charge of insulting a woman’s modesty and another charge under the Movies Act for allegedly being in possession of 37 obscene videos.
The obscene videos were said to have been found on him around 9 p.m. on September 4 of last year while he was at the Sengkang MRT station.
In a statement to The Straits Times on Monday (October 19), SMU confirmed that Tien is still a student at the university.
A spokesperson said: “The university takes a firm stand against any form of misconduct. Students who violate SMU’s code of student conduct face a series of penalties, including suspension and expulsion.
“As the case is currently in court, it would not be appropriate for SMU to comment further.”
Tien is the latest college student to be taken to court for similar crimes.
In January, former Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student Han Shiyu, 18, was sentenced to a brief two-week arrest warrant for illegally entering a women’s bathroom at a residence to film a student. who was in the shower.
Those who receive a short warrant are put behind bars for a short time, but will have no criminal record after release.
NTU expelled the Chinese citizen shortly after he committed the crime in August last year.
