SINGAPORE: A Gojek driver who took a video of himself molesting a 16-year-old intoxicated passenger in his backseat got arrested months later when he filed a police report over a traffic accident and a police officer saw the obscene video in his phone.
Daniel Ong Soo Eng, a 60-year-old Singaporean man, was sentenced to 17 months’ jail on Monday (Mar 30). Of this, two months was in lieu of four strokes of the cane as he cannot be caned due to his age.
He pleaded guilty to one count of molestation, with another two charges for voyeurism and recording an obscene film taken into consideration.
The court heard that Ong was a private-hire driver with Grab and Gojek from 2019 to April 2022.
He was married and had two adult children at the time of the offence on Feb 26, 2022.
The victim had gone to a party the night before and was very drunk when she left at about 2.40am. She booked a ride on Gojek and Ong was assigned to be her driver.
He picked the victim up and observed that she was intoxicated. The victim fell asleep.
When Ong arrived at the victim’s destination, he parked along the road and tried to wake her.
The victim did not stir despite Ong’s efforts. He waited for some time but she remained asleep.
He then looked at her and thought that she looked “sexy”, the court heard. He decided to take photos of her with his phone so he could engage in sex acts later.
For about 20 minutes from about 3am, Ong began taking photos of the victim, who was slumped in the backseat in a state of partial undress.
He adjusted her clothes and limbs to reveal her private parts and took multiple photos.
Ong then decided that he wanted to touch the victim and stood outside the rear passenger door to do so.
