SMU student on trial for molesting 22-year-old in classroom during overnight study session

[Homelander]

 

• Lee Yan Ru, 24, allegedly invited her to SMU for an overnight study session
• She claimed that he suggested watching Netflix underneath a table and molested her, then molested her again after refused his advances and fell asleep
• A DNA report showed that his semen was found on her face and neck

 

SINGAPORE — A Singapore Management University (SMU) student claimed trial on Monday (Sept 7) to a single charge of molestation, which allegedly took place in January last year during an overnight study session.

 

Lee Yan Ru, then aged 22, is accused of rubbing his private parts against a 21-year-old student’s chest after she fell asleep in a university study room.

 

The woman, who is not an SMU student, cannot be named due to a court gag order to protect her identity. She is now 22 years old.

 

Court papers did not indicate how they knew each other, but previous media reports of Lee’s arrest stated that she met Lee on social media platform Instagram and they had mutual friends.

 

She had also posted about the alleged incident on her public Instagram account.
 

Lee — who turned 24 in June — is represented by Mr Thong Chee Kun, Ms Josephine Chee and Mr Jonathan Oon from law firm Rajah & Tann.

The alleged victim told police officers that Lee had invited her to study with him at about 12am in the wee hours of Jan 8 last year.

 

They met at about 1am outside a building that houses SMU’s School of Economics and School of Social Sciences. He then took her to a third-storey classroom.
 

After the incident, he wiped her neck, face and hair with some tissue paper before discarding them in a plastic bag, according to facts agreed upon by the prosecution and defence.

She then went to the ground floor of the building, spoke to a security guard and lodged a police report at about 6.40am.

 

One of the policemen who responded to the scene testified on Monday morning as to what the alleged victim told him about the incident.

 

She claimed that she and Lee had studied till about 2am, when she “felt a little bit tired and started watching Netflix”, said Sergeant Wong Cheuk Kay.

She then told Sergeant Wong that Lee watched Netflix with her, before he said the light was too glaring and suggested that they go under the table.

They continued watching there, but he then allegedly put his hands under her shirt and squeezed her breasts. 

 

“She then claimed he tried to her but she refused his advances. This then lasted till about 4am before (Lee) fell asleep on a chair. She then claimed she covered her head with a jacket and fell asleep on the floor,” Sergeant Wong told the court.

 

She added that around 6.30am, she felt a weight on top of her and found Lee masturbating when she removed her jacket.

A DNA report later showed that Lee’s semen was found on her face and neck, but not on her jacket.
 

The security guard, formerly employed by Certis Cisco, testified that Lee had kneeled down in front of the alleged victim when they were at the ground floor of the building.

“He was asking the lady for something like forgiveness,” Mr Woo San Nin, told the court.

He added that he did not hear what Lee said while the alleged victim seemed “very angry and stressed”.

 

When questioned by Ms Chee, Mr Woo said that students with key cards can access any level of the building without passing through a gantry, as they can use their cards to enter the lifts.
 

After the policemen arrived, they spoke to the alleged victim at a bench area at the lobby, but Sergeant Wong said that Lee refused to speak to them.

He also tried to call his father but police officers do not usually allow calls before the investigation officer arrives, said Sergeant Wong.

 

The case’s investigation officer, Station Inspector (SI) Koh Bao Bao, obtained closed-circuit television footage of Lee and the alleged victim’s movements in the building. 

However, there was no closed-circuit television camera in the study room.

 

Lee had also told SI Koh that during investigations between February and May last year, he was “intimidated and harassed” by text messages.

Upon questioning by Mr Thong, SI Koh added that she could only advise Lee to block the number or make another police report.
 

It was not revealed in open court who had allegedly sent the text messages.

The trial continues on Monday afternoon, with the alleged victim taking the stand.

If found guilty of molestation, Lee could be jailed up to two years, fined, caned, or receive any combination of the three penalties.
 

 

[Homelander]

I dunno how the lawyers gonna smoke the semen on her face and neck...most prob say is consensual

[beyond]

si ginna charbo also gong.. ppl touch u dun like liao still stay there for wat.... 

[XianGe]

3 hours ago, Homelander said:

I dunno how the lawyers gonna smoke the semen on her face and neck...most prob say is consensual

 

Vapor from his firing across the room... Lol

[socrates469bc]

seems like smu is trying to unseat nus as lumbur one now.

[Huat Zai]

SMU only want to play this shit, you think you NTU or NUS ah?

[meng.huat]

15 hours ago, Homelander said:

Lee — who turned 24 in June — is represented by Mr Thong Chee Kun, Ms Josephine Chee and Mr Jonathan Oon from law firm Rajah & Tann.

 

15 hours ago, Homelander said:

He also tried to call his father but police officers do not usually allow calls before the investigation officer arrives,

 

i think this boy got a rich family.he got satki law firm representing him...

was he trying to call his father for some influence?