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SINGAPORE: A 30-year-old man was sentenced to four weeks’ jail on Thursday (Jan 8) for exposing himself to a 15-year-old boy in a public toilet.<\/p>\n
Logeswaran Raja Kumaran, a Malaysian, pleaded guilty to one count of intentionally exposing himself for the purpose of sexual gratification.<\/p>\n
The court heard that the victim, a 15-year-old student, took public transport to return home from school at about 9pm on Nov 14 last year.<\/p>\n
Dressed in a Boys’ Brigade uniform, the boy alighted at Senja Hawker Centre as he needed to use the toilet.<\/p>\n
As he walked towards the washrooms, he noticed Logeswaran standing between the men’s and women’s toilets.<\/p>\n
The boy entered the men’s toilet and was followed by Logeswaran, who wanted to expose himself to the minor.<\/p>\n
At some point while the pair were alone in the washroom, Logeswaran flashed the boy and engaged in a sex act.<\/p>\n
The boy felt uncomfortable and moved to a cubicle to finish urinating.<\/p>\n
After this, the boy took two photos of Logeswaran.<\/p>\n
Logeswaran tried to ask why he did this, but the boy did not answer him.<\/p>\n
After leaving the washroom, the boy made a police report, providing one of the photographs he had taken to the police, before deleting both photos.<\/p>\n
The police arrested Logeswaran that same night and he was later remanded.<\/p>\n
The prosecution sought four weeks’ jail for Logeswaran, saying he had performed a sex act in the presence of the young victim.<\/p>\n
“In relation to culpability, the accused would have known that the victim was a youth given that he was wearing his Boys’ Brigade uniform, and nevertheless targeted him as the victim of his sexual exposure,” said the prosecutor.<\/p>\n
For intentionally exposing himself for sexual gratification, the offender could have been jailed for up to one year, fined, or both.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n