SINGAPORE: A workplace and safety hygiene manager created fake Facebook and Carousell accounts using a female teenager\u2019s name and photos in the hope of befriending girls online.<\/p>\n
Chew Koh Leong, 45, later admitted that he had done so as he wanted to date girls secretly without letting his wife find out.<\/p>\n
On Monday (Dec 22), he pleaded guilty and was convicted on two charges of obtaining sexual services from a person below the age of 18, and another for trying to get a child below the age of 16 to carry out an obscene or indecent at.<\/p>\n
The victim cannot be named.<\/p>\n
The court heard Chew created a Carousell account using a fake name and photo some time in 2022.<\/p>\n
He admitted to using Carousell as he felt that it would be easier to hide his intentions from his wife as it is a platform for buying and selling goods.<\/p>\n
In March 2022, he came across a posting of a dress for sale at $18. He then contacted the seller to buy the dress.<\/p>\n
Impersonating a girl, he said he would send a brother \u2013 himself \u2013 to collect the dress and requested her mobile number.<\/p>\n
While speaking to her as the \u201cbrother\u201d, Chew found out that the seller was in secondary school.<\/p>\n
He subsequently offered to pay her for sexual services, and she accepted some of his requests as she wanted the money.<\/p>\n
Chew would request that she wear specific types of clothing when they met, including tank tops, as he wanted to see more of her chest.<\/p>\n
He admitted during investigations that he knew the girl was 13 years old at the time.<\/p>\n
On one occasion in August 2022, Chew asked if the girl could perform a sex act on him or let him kiss her in exchange for $400, but was rejected by the girl.<\/p>\n
In October 2022, he arranged to meet the girl at a shopping mall in the northern area of Singapore.<\/p>\n
When they met, he took her to his car that was parked in the mall\u2019s multi-storey carpark and drove her to a corner where nobody was around. They moved to the back seat, after which he paid her $150 to hug her and touch her over her underwear.<\/p>\n
He later dropped the girl off at an MRT station.<\/p>\n
In May 2023, he again offered the girl $150 to allow him to hug and touch her. The pair met again in the same carpark but found that there were people around.<\/p>\n
The man suggested going to the nearest staircase in the carpark. There, he hugged her from behind and touched her under her school uniform.<\/p>\n
Chew will be sentenced on March 4, 2026.<\/p>\n
Those found guilty of obtaining sexual services from a minor can be jailed for up to seven years, fined, or both.<\/p>\n
Offenders can be jailed for up to seven years, fined up to $10,000, or both if found guilty of getting or trying to get a child below the age of 16 to carry out an obscene or indecent act. – The Straits Times\/ANN<\/p>\n
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