Lim Leong Sze, 57-years-old, pleaded guilty on 18 June to one count of carnal intercourse against the order of nature under Section 377 of the Penal Code.
He had reportedly sexually violated a 14-year-old boy in 2005 (the boy would be 30-years-old this year) and fled Singapore in 2010, right before he was about to be charged, and went on the run for 10 years.
He was caught by Malaysian authorities and repatriated to Singapore in February 2020.
Lim was working as a debt collector at the time of the offence.
What happened?
Lim has posed as a 20-something-year-old woman on the internet chat programme mIRC in September 2005, under the nickname “Angel16”.
He then started talking to the Secondary 2 boy, and they later moved their conversation to MSN Messenger, where he asked him to perform a sex act in front of the webcam.
The boy thought Lim was a woman, so he complied; to which Lim secretly filmed the victim.
The boy then received a call on his home phone from an unidentified caller.
The boy then asked Lim whether he was a boy or a girl but Lim didn’t reply, the boy then blocked him on MSN.
Lim then called him again and told him that he has video footage of him, telling him to repeat what he did in front of the webcam again and if he doesn’t, he would post the clip online or tell his father about the incident.
The boy complied.
Lim then asked the boy to be his “brother” and suggested the meet, which the boy agreed to because he was still worried about the video.
Lim then showed the boy obscene videos ove Soya Bean drinks in Geylang before he took him to his office, where he performed a sexual act on the victim.
The boy moved away and said he was uncomfortable.
Lim the brought him to a pub before sending him home.
OPn 25 September 2005, Lim contacted the boy again and asked him to perform a sexual act in front of the webcam.
The boy refused and reported the incident(s) to the police 2 days later, and lim was then arrested on 29 September 2005.
Lim is expected to be sentenced on 12 July.
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