SINGAPORE \u2013 An employment agent who was taking a domestic worker to her new employer\u2019s house ended up at the wrong address, and seized the opportunity to rape the woman at a multi-storey carpark.<\/p>\n
On Aug 29, the 37-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years\u2019 jail and 12 strokes of the cane by the High Court after he pleaded guilty to a charge of rape for the incident on Jan 24, 2022.<\/p>\n
Two other charges, one for molesting the same victim and one for molesting another domestic\u00a0worker in September 2021, were taken into consideration during sentencing.<\/p>\n
The Malaysian cannot be named owing to a gag order to protect the victims\u2019 identities.<\/p>\n
At the time, he worked as a senior sales adviser at an employment agency.<\/p>\n
The rape victim, who was then 24, arrived in Singapore for the first time on Jan 12, 2022. The Indonesian was introduced to the man on Jan 21. <\/p>\n
On Jan 24, she arrived at the agency\u2019s office before heading to her employer\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
Deputy Public Prosecutor Delicia Tan told the court that in the office, the man shouted at the woman for not following him into a room.<\/p>\n
At about 2.30pm, he booked a private-hire car to take her to her employer\u2019s house, but entered the wrong address as the destination. <\/p>\n
While waiting for the car, he asked the woman about her late husband. He also asked her to be his girlfriend but she declined. <\/p>\n
The car arrived a short while later and dropped them off at the destination. <\/p>\n
The man realised that they were at the wrong location because they were in a Housing Board estate, and the employer lived in a landed house. <\/p>\n
After sending a message to the employer\u2019s wife to confirm the address, the man told the helper that he had a wife in Malaysia, but had not seen her for a long time due to Covid-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n
He told her to follow him, and she complied.<\/p>\n
DPP Tan said he wanted to take her to a quiet place as he was wearing the agency\u2019s uniform, and did not want people to see him behave inappropriately with the victim.<\/p>\n
He walked to another block of flats, took a lift to a higher floor, and hugged the victim after they exited the lift. <\/p>\n
When they returned to the ground floor, he took her to a nearby multi-storey carpark at about 3.50pm. <\/p>\n
He took her to a staircase and told her that he wanted sex, but she gave an excuse to avoid having sex with him. He then forced her to perform oral sex on him. <\/p>\n
After the rape, he kissed her and scolded her for not kissing him properly.<\/p>\n
They left the carpark at about 4pm, and he gave her $5 to buy herself a drink. <\/p>\n
After seeing a message from the employer\u2019s wife confirming the address \u2013 sent at about 3.45pm \u2013 the man booked another ride to the house.<\/p>\n
During the journey, he held the victim\u2019s hand and told her that he would take her out for food on her day off but she kept quiet.<\/p>\n
When they arrived at the house, he told the employer\u2019s wife that he would take the victim out on her day off for training. <\/p>\n
Later that evening, when the employer\u2019s wife told the helper that the man would take her out for \u201ctraining\u201d, the victim cried and recounted what had happened earlier that day.<\/p>\n
The next day, the 65-year-old woman took the helper to make a police report. The man was arrested the following day.<\/p>\n
DPP Tan sought a sentence of 12 to 14 years\u2019 jail and 12 strokes of the cane, noting that he had sexually exploited two domestic workers entrusted in his care.<\/p>\n
She noted that the victim was particularly vulnerable as she had just arrived in the country. <\/p>\n
The prosecutor argued that he had created an opportunity to spend more time alone with the victim and searched for an appropriate location to sexually exploit her. <\/p>\n
DPP Tan noted that upon realising they were at the wrong location, the man could have easily booked another ride as he had the employer\u2019s address with him.<\/p>\n
She added that the incident where he shouted at the helper at the office had instilled fear in the victim.<\/p>\n
The man\u2019s lawyer, Mr Nakoorsha A.K., argued that there was minimal planning, if any. <\/p>\n
He argued that the man immediately messaged the employer\u2019s wife after realising they were at the wrong place.<\/p>\n
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