{"id":6114,"date":"2025-08-30T13:06:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T13:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-years-jail-caning-for-agent-who-raped-helper-at-carpark-en-route-to-employers-home\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T13:06:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T13:06:48","slug":"12-years-jail-caning-for-agent-who-raped-helper-at-carpark-en-route-to-employers-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-years-jail-caning-for-agent-who-raped-helper-at-carpark-en-route-to-employers-home\/","title":{"rendered":"12 years’ jail, caning for agent who raped helper at carpark en route to employer’s home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An employment agent who was taking a domestic worker to her new employer’s 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’ 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 worker 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’ 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

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On Jan 24, she arrived at the agency’s office before heading to her employer’s 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’s 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

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After sending a message to the employer’s 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’s 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’s wife confirming the address – sent at about 3.45pm – the man booked another ride to the house.<\/p>\n

During the journey, he held the victim’s 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’s wife that he would take the victim out on her day off for training.<\/p>\n

Later that evening, when the employer’s wife told the helper that the man would take her out for “training”, 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’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane, noting that the man 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 the man 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’s 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’s lawyer, Mr Nakoorsha A.K., argued that there was minimal planning, if any.<\/p>\n

He argued that the man had immediately messaged the employer’s wife after realising they were at the wrong place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Selina Lum for The Straits Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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12 years’ jail, caning for agent who raped helper at carpark en route to employer’s home<\/div>\n

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An employment agent who was taking a domestic worker to her new employer’s house ended up at the wrong address, and seized the opportunity to rape the woman at a multi-storey carpark. On Aug 29, the 37-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane by the High Court after…<\/p>\n

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