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A customer service officer with a perverse interest in smelling women’s behinds was jailed for a month yesterday, after offering cash to a teenage student to fulfil his sordid desires.
According to a report in The Straits Times, Ow Sing Hai approached the 17-year-old one lunchtime near Raffles Place MRT station and asked her if she wanted to make some money. The 32-year-old then asked her if he can give her $200” to smell her bottom.
When the offended teen shouted back “No”, he persisted and inquired “how about $300” to lick her rear. Annoyed and disgusted, she called the police while Ow walked off.
The teen told officers to look out for a man wearing a green and white striped shirt and jeans. They spotted him along Cecil Street. He tried to flee but was arrested after a chase and struggle.
Ow, who works for a travel agency, was jailed by a district court yesterday after admitting to insulting his victim’s modesty and using criminal force on a police officer.
A psychiatric report from the Institute of Mental Health indicated that Ow suffers from partialism, which refers to a sexual interest with an exclusive focus on one part of the body. Ow also has previous convictions. When he was 15, he was put on probation for 15 months for molesting women. In 2003, he was jailed five years for robbery, outraging modesty and criminal intimidation.