Man acquitted of attempted rape admits to molesting woman; he was earlier convicted of raping teen

SINGAPORE - A man who had earlier been acquitted of attempting to rape a woman while she was intoxicated by pulling down her pants in a handicapped toilet was on Thursday (Dec 9) convicted of molesting her. The woman, 27, did not realise she had been a victim until police investigations into another case of rape of a teenager involving the same accused brought the offence to light. Both of Wong Zhun Siong's victims were intoxicated at the time of the offences. The High Court heard that Wong, 27, had used criminal force to outrage the modesty of the 27-year-old in April 2018 in a toilet in Clarke Quay, River Valley. He pleaded guilty to the charge. Wong met the 27-year-old victim at the Zouk nightclub before taking her to a toilet where he partially pulled down her pants and took photos of her backside. During the taxi ride to his home, she realised her mobile phone was missing and they returned to Clarke Quay, but ended up going separate ways. She had no recollection of the incident and learnt what had happened only when the police contacted her while investigating the case involving the teenager. On Nov 24, Wong was found guilty of raping the intoxicated teenager, 18, in a separat...