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An aesthetic doctor was sentenced to three-and-a-half years' jail in Singapore yesterday for molesting a Malaysian male patient twice after sedating him with stupefying drugs, Channel NewsAsia reported.

The news portal said Tan Kok Leong, 50, was convicted last month of administering the drugs, Dormicum and Rosiden, to the victim, a fellow doctor, at Oasia Hotel in July 2013 after an earlier liposuction procedure.

The report said Tan was also convicted of molesting the victim over two nights after sedating the 33-year-old patient under the pretext of administering the drugs for pain relief.

Quoting District Judge Siva Shanmugam, the report said Tan had "abused his position by exploiting the victim's trust in him", noting the pair's unique relationship - doctor-patient, and the victim, a young doctor, had also regarded Tan as a mentor.

Tan had drugged the victim, rendering the man "vulnerable and defenceless" before taking advantage of him; undressing the man to take more than 20 photographs of his private parts without his knowledge or consent.

"The victim was left none the wiser and would have remained oblivious to what was done to him if the offences had not come to light," Judge Shanmugam was quoted as saying.

During the trial, the court heard how after defiling the unconscious man, Tan had put the victim's clothes back on so his patient would wake up oblivious to what his trusted mentor had done.

The report said the prosecution, led by deputy public prosecutor Alan Loh and assistant public prosecutor Thiagesh Sukumaran, had pressed the court to hand down a jail term of five years and eight months.

Nonetheless, immediately after Tan's sentencing, his lawyer, Edmond Pereira told the court the doctor would be launching an appeal against his conviction and sentence.

The report said Tan is on bail pending the hearing of his appeal.

Bernama

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