University student gets 10 months' jail and 3 strokes of the cane for molesting woman on campus


Lee Yan Ru at the State Courts on April 5, 2021. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A Singapore Management University (SMU) student was on Monday (Oct 25) sentenced to 10 months' jail and ordered to be given three strokes of the cane for molesting a woman on campus in 2019.

The incident occurred when the two met for a study session in a classroom around 1am on Jan 8 that year. Lee Yan Ru, now 25, got to know the victim on social media platform Instagram about one month before.

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