A teenage student who was allegedly molested in school by his art teacher demonstrated to another teacher how the incident took place.
The teacher taught the alleged victim physical education (PE), and had taken the stand in the State Courts on Monday (12 February).
The ongoing trial centres around an art teacher who allegedly molested one of his male students. The student was 13 years old at the time.
The teacher faces three charges of molest for allegedly touching the boy inappropriately while they were in the school’s art room.
All parties involved in the case cannot be named due to a court-imposed gag order.
The PE teacher told the court that he found out about the incident on the night of 17 February 2016 when he received a call from the student’s co-form teacher.
He then called the school’s vice principal, who said that the student would have to write a statement about the alleged incident.
While in school the next day, the PE teacher told the student to be “very honest” and “very factual” while writing the statement.
The PE teacher, co-form teacher and vice principal then read the statement and asked the student to clarify what he meant by “touched”.
The vice principal later arranged for the student to see a Ministry of Education counsellor.
“I have not come across such incidents in my years in the school. I could not imagine such incidents happening,” Yahoo Singapore news quoted the PE teacher.
The art teacher’s lawyer asked the PE teacher if he thought there was a possibility of the student having made up his story – to which the teacher replied that he did think it was possible but was not in a position to judge.
The school’s vice principal also took the stand and told the court that she had spoken to the art teacher separately and asked him to write a statement of what happened.Related stories:
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