Sou Kum Choi, a private tutor, molested two students when they were between 10 and 12 years oldOne victim reported him several years later after talking to a friend who also attended tuition classes with SouSINGAPORE — A private tutor molested his male students, then between 10 and 12 years old, during their tuition lessons when he was alone with each boy separately at their own homes.
The two victims involved in the latest cases cannot be named due to a court order to protect their identities.The court heard that Sou was a private tuition teacher for a boy from June 2015 to June 21, 2019 after he was introduced to the boy’s parents by their neighbours. From April 2016 to April 2018, on at least 20 occasions, Sou would either touch the boy's lower half of the body inappropriately or slide his hands underneath the boy's shorts and underwear to touch his private part.
In August this year, Sou was convicted of two other molestation charges against a young male victim whom he tutored from March 12, 2014 to Oct 3, 2016. During the three-day trial in court, the teenager testified that Sou would slide his fingers underneath the bottom of his shorts in an attempt to"progressively move his hand inwards" nearer to his private part — the subject of Sou's first charge.He also gave his testimony in relation to the second charge, which involved Sou getting the teenager to perform a sexual act.
The teenager later chose to report the incident to the police after having a conversation with a friend who also attended tuition classes with Sou.Seeking 50 to 54 months' jail as well as three-and-a-half months' jail in lieu of eight strokes of the cane, Deputy Public Prosecutor Adelle Tai argued that this was not the first time that Sou had committed such offences and it certainly would not be the last unless a deterrent sentence was imposed on him.
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