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June 12, 2008 Serial molester gets 14 years detention and 18 stroke By Elena Chong A MOLESTER who preyed on more than 20 young girls and women in the Marsiling and Woodlands areas was packed off to jail for 14 years and ordered to be given 18 strokes of the cane on Thursday. Mohammed Ismail Ariffin, 36, unemployed, pleaded guilty last month to 10 charges of outrage of modesty, aggravated molestation and insulting modesty between September 2006 and February this year. His victims were between nine and 53. A Community Court heard that Ismail, who suffered from mild mental retardation, would either touch the victim's buttocks or smell their armpits to release himself. The offences were committed at HDB lifts, staircase landings and even in the victims' homes. He was arrested on Feb 12. Fourteen other charges were taken into consideration. His lawyer, Mr Noor Mohamed Marican, assigned by the Association of Criminal Lawyers of Singapore, said his behaviour was not normal. Ismail, he said, was suffering from the adverse influence of taking Romilar pills - used mostly to suppress coughs. Pleading for leniency, he urged Community Court judge James Leong not to impose a long sentence on Ismail but to send him for medical treatment and rehabilitative programme. Ismail has previous convictions since 1991 for drug- and sexual-related offences. In 1996, he was givne six years and six strokes for aggravated molestation. Judge Leong sentenced him to 14 years' preventive detention and caning. --------------- Not even have penetration.. lidat also kena 18 stroke.. sounds a bit harsh.

Read in today New Paper and the Head Line read : S'pore towkay, 50, loves & loses $24,000/- to two China women. And it may be the start of a worrying trend involving "dragon ladies" from China that has hit elderly men in Malaysia. The trend, widely reported in MY, involves love-and-run affairs that leave old men with broken hearts and empty pockets. In Singapore, a check showed that there were more than 20 similar cases reported in the Chinese newspapers just this year. The Singapore businessman, however, claimed he was duped not once but twice. All in all, love cost him more than $24,000/- in just 16 months, including the cash he gave them as well as other expenses. Wanted to be known as Leon, told the New Paper that "I was lonely and craved companionship". He did not make any police reports as he admitted to giving the women money willingly. For full details of the story, you might want to refer to today edition of the New Paper. So beware, dragon lady is lurking everywhere for single men above 45. btw, I am in this category....oops