Ambrose Lee, 72, is old enough to be the grandfather of his victims. He molested two teen boys within a week and appears unremorseful at the court when he pleaded guilty to his crimes. Lee’s lawyer, Mr James Gomez Jovian Messiah, argued that his client is a "family-oriented" individual with a daughter. This lawyer is also the Organising Secretary of Red Dot United (RDU).
Deputy Principal District Judge Kessler Soh had considered the man's age and that this was his first offence before handing out the sentence. He also allowed the accused to serve his sentence after Chinese New Year, in order to allow him to spend time with his family. For his crimes, he was sentenced to three weeks in jail.
For the first victim who was aged 18 years old, Lee chose to sit next to him despite the bus having empty seats. He began with small talk before asking the boy if he wanted a massage. Lee then used his hand to touch and squeeze the boy's thigh twice. When the boy felt uncomfortable and wanted to leave the seat, Lee held the boy's waist as he squeezed past him.
For his second victim, Lee asked the 15 year old boy if he reached puberty yet when they were on the train. Lee then used his finger to draw circles on the boy's thigh.
Is this how his CNY family gathering will be like?
On Reddit, some users had stated that they will not want their children to meet the elderly grandfather if he was in their family; others were aghast that he was allowed to spend CNY with his family members before his jail term.
It is appalling that the perpetrator expects to spend CNY with his family despite committing such horrific acts towards the teen boys. We can only hope that this will be the first and last of such crimes he will commit.
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