Man charged with molesting his 9-year-old son while boy was asleep

15/12/2025 2 Views

Shaffiq Alkhatib
The Straits Times
Dec 15, 2025

A man allegedly molested his nine-year-old son while the child was asleep in a Housing Board flat in the Canberra area near Sembawang in November.

The 48-year-old man, who cannot be named owing to a gag order to protect the child’s identity, was handed a molestation charge on Dec 15.

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