Overview
- Prosecutors charged a 34-year-old former teacher with nine offences tied to a minor, including six counts of indecent acts and three counts of sexual penetration.
- A court gag order bars publishing any detail that could identify the accused or the girl, and records note they had a former teacher–student relationship.
- Charge sheets say the alleged acts occurred between February and December 2023 at City Square Mall, in handicapped toilets in Paya Lebar, and at a flat on two dates.
- The case is set for a pre-trial conference on May 29, and the charges carry maximum penalties of up to 10 years’ jail per sexual-penetration count and up to five years or a fine for each indecent-act count.
- The Ministry of Education said it suspended the man in January 2024 and later dismissed him, and reporters note this is one of several teacher–student cases brought to court in the past month.