Machiyoshi Liam Dao Jian, 28, was arrested for molesting two boys in school uniform on multiple occasions. He was sentenced to 14 weeks jail on Monday, 1 June.
He pleaded guilty to one charge of using criminal force on a 14 year old boy to outrage his modesty with a second charge of molesting a 15 year old boy taken into consideration.
The 14 year old boy was molested on bus 976 when he boarded the bus at Teck Whye. Lim saw the boy sitting behind, and since the bus was not crowded, he proceeded to sit beside him and he molested his buttocks. The teen said “excuse me” and moved his right leg away from Lim.
However, Lim molested the boy again a few minutes later, placing his hand on the chair so that the boy sat on top of it. Feeling something under his buttock, the boy turned around and saw Lim’s hand under it. Feeling disgusted, he said “excuse me” again, the boy stood up immediately and alerted the bus caption on the molest, the bus captain locked the bus down immediately and called the police. Lim was then arrested.
“He stated that this was not the first time he had touched boys inside a bus, and that he usually touched boys who were in their school uniform shorts or Physical Education shorts,” said the prosecutor.
A second charge which was taken into consideration involves molesting a 15-year-old boy on bus 187 on the morning of Mar 11.
The prosecutor asked for at least 14 weeks’ jail, noting that there was “continuous touching” and a second victim.
For using criminal force on a person to outrage his modesty, Lim could have been jailed for up to two years, fined, caned, or given any combination of these punishments.