SMU molest trial: Student found guilty of molesting girl in study room

[Homelander]

SINGAPORE — A Singapore Management University (SMU) business undergraduate accused of molesting a woman in a study room on campus was found guilty on Tuesday (31 August).

 

 

Lee Yan Ru, 25, was accused of rubbing his genitals on the woman as she lay on the floor of a study room in SMU at around 6.30am on 8 January 2019. The two had agreed to meet at SMU for an overnight study session.

 

A few incidents before the alleged molest had also occurred that night, but these were not related to the charges.

 

According to the then 22-year-old victim, she had been rejecting Lee’s advances from the start by pushing him away, or telling him to go away and to stop his actions.

 

In his defence, Lee maintained that the woman had been growing more comfortable with him and had not minded his advances despite her seeming resistance at the time of the incident.

 

Pronouncing Lee guilty, District Judge Sharmila Sripathy-Shanaz found that Lee's testimony in court materially contradicted his evidence in a police statement made after the incident, and rejected Lee's assertion that he had believed the woman to have consented to the act.

 

DJ Sripathy-Shanaz also said that the victim appeared to be an "inherently credible" and "forthcoming witness" who provided her evidence with clarity, without hesitation and without embellishment.

 

Addressing the defence's argument that the victim had not left anytime in the night, DJ Sripathy-Shanaz stressed, "It must be remembered that just as there is no typical victim, and no typical sexual offender, there is no typical reaction to sexual assault."

 

"We would do well as a society to reject... (the notion) that real victims of sexual assault behave in a prescribed way," said the judge. She added that she was satisfied by the victim's explanation for her "seemingly counter-intuitive behaviour", and that she had believed Lee would not try to make further advances towards her.

 

While the decision not to leave earlier might not have been wise, the judge said she did not find it undermined her evidence.

Met up to study together

According to evidence tendered in court, the woman said that Lee had invited her to study together at the study room at around 12am on 8 January.

 

The two then met at about 1am outside the School of Economics and Social Science building of SMU before Lee brought her to the study room. There, the woman studied until 2am when she began feeling tired.

 

At that point, she began watching a show on Netflix, and Lee allegedly sat beside her. Lee claimed that the light was a little too glaring and suggested for the two to move under the table.

 

While under the table, Lee allegedly placed both his hands under her shirt and squeezed her breasts. She then claimed that Lee tried to her but she refused his advances.

Woman felt a weight on top of her

Later, at about 4am, Lee allegedly fell asleep on a chair while the woman covered her head with a jacket and fell asleep on the floor. As she was sleeping, she suddenly felt a weight on top of her. She removed her jacket to find Lee masturbating above her.

 

She then claimed that Lee ejaculated towards her facial area, with some semen reaching her hair, according to a police officer who gave evidence in court.

 

After the incident, Lee wiped the woman’s neck, face and hair with tissue paper and discarded these in a plastic bag.

 

Afterward, the woman left the room for the security counter at the first level, followed by Lee. She spoke to the building’s security officer before calling the police.

 

 

 

Edited August 31, 2021 by Homelander

[socrates469bc]

see see, alrdy tell u ginnas to study hard last time and go lumber 1 NUS liao.

 

if it is lumber 1 NUS, means got high chance for rehabilitation one.

 

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nus-peeping-tom-given-conditional-warning-he-was-assessed-have-high-likelihood

 

NUS peeping tom given conditional warning as he was assessed to have ‘high likelihood of rehabilitation’: Police
 

[Homelander]

1 hour ago, socrates469bc said:

see see, alrdy tell u ginnas to study hard last time and go lumber 1 NUS liao.

 

if it is lumber 1 NUS, means got high chance for rehabilitation one.

 

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nus-peeping-tom-given-conditional-warning-he-was-assessed-have-high-likelihood

 

NUS peeping tom given conditional warning as he was assessed to have ‘high likelihood of rehabilitation’: Police
 

Double standards…

[socrates469bc]

1 hour ago, Homelander said:

Double standards…

 

diam diam lah, smelly peasant.

 

mai jealous.

 

lumber 1 NUS ginna will be ur Col. during reservist and then will be ur boss in civilian job, ok?????