Ex-Singapore diplomat guilty of filming nude boy in Tokyo bath stripped of government medals

Christopher Sim Siong Chye was a counsellor at the Singapore Embassy in Japan when he committed the offences. -INSTAGRAM, SINGAPORE EMBASSY TOKYO/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE: A former diplomat, who was convicted in 2024 after secretly filming a boy at a public bath in Tokyo, has been stripped of two medals awarded by the Singapore government.

Christopher Sim Siong Chye, who was sacked by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 2, was stripped of his Covid-19 Resilience medal on April 14 and Long Service medal on April 22.