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Jail for SCDF Officer Who Had Sexual Relationship With Girl, 15, He Met at CCA
The Straits Times
|August 01, 2025
A married SCDF officer has been jailed for having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl he met as an instructor involved in her co-curricular activity (CCA).
He was arrested after one of the girl's close friends told a teacher about the relationship.
On July 31, the 33-year-old man was sentenced to 30 months' jail after he pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual penetration of a minor below 16 years old.
Seven other similar charges and one charge of possessing obscene films were taken into consideration for his sentencing.
The man cannot be named owing to a gag order to protect the girl's identity.
The court heard that the man was a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officer posted to be a field instructor for the National Civil Defence Cadet Corps (NCDCC), a youth national uniformed group.
The girl was a member of her secondary school's NCDCC.
The man met the girl in June 2023, when he was the field instructor for the NCDCC's National Day Parade marching contingent.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Cheronne Lim said the girl developed a crush on the man and would find opportunities to interact with him, including waiting for him at MRT stations on his route home.
She also confessed her feelings to the man multiple times, describing him as a "role model" and "motivator" whom she looked up to.
This story is from the August 01, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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