39-year-old Tan Keng Leng, a grab hitch driver who molested two victims (aged 24 and 46) planned the molestation act by putting items in his backseats or locking the back doors to get the victims to sit beside him in the front row.
Tan pleaded guilty earlier today to three counts of outrage of modesty and was sentenced to 1 year and 10 months’ jail
Both incidents happened in the same hour on 12 October 2018
The first victim was a 46-year-old woman, that booked a ride with Tan with Grabhitch. When Tan arrived, the woman wanted to take a seat in the back row but the door was a lock. She was then advised by Tan to take a seat in the front.
When they were travelling along PIE at around 5.30 pm, Tan uses his elbow and touched the woman’s arm and later use his elbow to touch her breast for 4 times.
He later placed his hand on her waist after reaching a carpark.
The woman then reported the incident to the police later that night.
Second Victim
Within an hour of the first incident, Tan picked up the 2nd victim(24-year-old), again while the car was travelling along East Coast Road 6.20 pm, Tan used his elbow to rub the victim’s chest.
Over the course of the journey, Tan touched her breast with his hand at least three times whenever the car was going over a bump.
At the destination, Tan touched the woman’s hip area.