{"id":99092,"date":"2026-11-12T22:10:34","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T14:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=99092"},"modified":"2026-11-12T22:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T14:10:34","slug":"man-fined-4000-for-molesting-student-nurse-at-health-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=99092","title":{"rendered":"Man fined $4,000 for molesting student nurse at health facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary article-summary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->A man was <!-- -->at a health facility<!-- --> when he molested a student nurse posted there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Tan Kiah Chye, 60, was fined $4,000 on Nov 12 after he pleaded<!-- --> <!-- -->guilty to outraging the 20-year-old woman\u2019s modesty. He <!-- -->was also ordered<!-- --> <!-- -->to pay<!-- --> her $1,000 as compensation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Details about the facility cannot be disclosed, owing to a gag order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">At around 9.30am on May 19, Tan, who uses a wheelchair,<!-- --> <!-- -->wheeled himself towards the victim and slapped her left buttock over her trousers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He apologised to her after she turned around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The victim made a police report, and officers arrested Tan in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Deputy Public Prosecutor Xavier Tan told the court that the victim had emotional trauma following the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThe accused outraged the modesty of a student who was training to be a healthcare worker,\u201d the prosecutor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cVictims of sexual assault experience indignity, mental and emotional suffering, humiliation and\/or distress from the violation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">For molestation, an offender can be jailed for up to three years, fined or caned, or receive any combination of such punishments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Male offenders who are 50 years old and above are exempted from caning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/wheelchair-user-fined-4000-for-molesting-student-nurse-at-health-facility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A man was at a health facility when he molested a student nurse posted there. 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