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Shaffiq Alkhatib
The times of the strait
March 17, 2021
A housewife performed sexual acts with her daughter’s underage schoolmate while the girl, then 13, was lying in the same bed, a district court heard on Wednesday (March 17).
The woman was aware that the boy with a mild intellectual disability, who was 15 years old at the time, liked her daughter and wanted to have a relationship with her.
The woman also told the boy that if he “really wants to”, she could “guide him along the way.”
The 45-year-old Singaporean woman was sentenced to one year in jail on Wednesday after pleading guilty to two counts of committing an obscene act with a minor. She cannot be named due to a gag order to protect the child’s identity.
Assistant District Attorney Hidayat Amir told the court that the victim has an IQ of 56, compared to the normal range of 90-110.
At some point last year, some students at the school created a chat group on the WhatsApp messaging platform and the woman was included in it.
In a private conversation, the boy told him about his problems with his then-girlfriend and the housewife consoled him.
As the conversation progressed, he realized that the boy wanted to have a relationship with his daughter.
In March of last year, the housewife began calling him “dear” and considered him her godson. She also invited him to her apartment and the boy accepted the offer because he wanted to meet the girl.
The DPP said: “During these visits, (the two teens) first did their homework with the defendant watching. Once they were done, the three would go to the common room to play together.”
Some time later, the woman watched the antics of the two teenagers on a bed, but told the boy that he could not kiss his daughter’s lips because she was “still very fresh.”
The boy began to stay in the apartment shortly after and shared the same bed with the mother-daughter pair.
On several occasions while they were lying on the bed, the woman kissed the victim’s mouth and hugged him.
The trio was in bed on March 23 last year when the woman slipped her hand into his underwear and performed a sexual act with him.
She told the boy to turn around when he told her he was uncomfortable and kept touching him.
Despite this, he did not ask her to stop because he was afraid she would yell at him. The housewife committed a similar act to him three days later with her daughter resting nearby, the court heard.
The boy went to school later that day and told a social worker about his ordeal. The police were then alerted.
The woman’s bail was set at $ 15,000 on Wednesday and she was ordered to turn herself in to state courts on April 14 to begin serving her sentence.
For each count of performing an obscene act on a minor, a first-time offender can be jailed for up to five years and fined up to $ 10,000. A repeat offender can be jailed for up to seven years and fined up to $ 20,000.
