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Ex-hotel GM on molest trial
A FORMER general manager of a hotel went on trial on Monday for drugging a young woman and molesting her.
Tan Hwa Kok, 44, then GM of Hotel Grand Central, is accused of causing the 23-year-old Malaysian woman to take Zolpidem, a prescription drug generally used to treat insomnia and brain injuries, before molesting her in a room at the Cavenagh Road hotel on Feb 5 last year.
The victim's friend, a 24-year-old sales assistant, had earlier testified that she she was the one who helped her arrange a job interview with Tan. She had gone back to Kuching for a holiday early last year when the alleged victim told her that she was interested in working in Singapore.
The sales assistant testified that she met Tan while working in a hotel restuarant in 2008. They exchanged phone numbers and subsequently went on dates. She claimed that Tan had spiked her drink when they were having dinner at Long Beach in Dempsey Hill. When she woke up, she found herself in Tan's car.
According to her, he told her that he had sex with her. She was shocked. Asked by defence lawyer Edmond Pereira whether she objected to him having sex with her that night, she replied: 'How to object when he spiked my drink and I did not even know what went on?''
Counsel suggested to her that no such thing happened and in fact, she had consensual sex with him after dinner. Witness replied: 'Impossible.' But she admitted that she still went out with Tan after that and had sexual relation with him. The trial continues.
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Tan Hwa Kok, 44, then GM of Hotel Grand Central, is accused of causing the 23-year-old Malaysian woman to take Zolpidem, a prescription drug generally used to treat insomnia and brain injuries, before molesting her in a room at the Cavenagh Road hotel on Feb 5 last year.
The victim's friend, a 24-year-old sales assistant, had earlier testified that she she was the one who helped her arrange a job interview with Tan. She had gone back to Kuching for a holiday early last year when the alleged victim told her that she was interested in working in Singapore.
The sales assistant testified that she met Tan while working in a hotel restuarant in 2008. They exchanged phone numbers and subsequently went on dates. She claimed that Tan had spiked her drink when they were having dinner at Long Beach in Dempsey Hill. When she woke up, she found herself in Tan's car.
According to her, he told her that he had sex with her. She was shocked. Asked by defence lawyer Edmond Pereira whether she objected to him having sex with her that night, she replied: 'How to object when he spiked my drink and I did not even know what went on?''
Counsel suggested to her that no such thing happened and in fact, she had consensual sex with him after dinner. Witness replied: 'Impossible.' But she admitted that she still went out with Tan after that and had sexual relation with him. The trial continues.
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