Bander Yahya A Alzahrani, who works for the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Beijing, was sentenced to a caning by a judge in Singapore after being found guilty of groping the 20-year-old woman in an en-suite bathroom.
The court heard the father-of-three was on holiday in Singapore with his family when he started kissing the intern on her neck and face in a popular Sentosa resort on August 14 last year, the Straits Times reported.
The 39-year-old was convicted of molesting her on two occasions, and during the second time, forcing her to touch him.
While corporal punishment is mostly banned in Europe, caning in Singapore is legal for offenders found guilty of sexual abuse, vandalism and rioting as well as for foreigners who have overstayed visas by more than 90 days.
The same punishment can also be handed out to convicts in Saudi Arabia.
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District Judge Lee Poh Choo reportedly found the victim’s allegations ‘unusually convincing’.
Alzahrani was also sentenced to 26 months and one week in jail, but as he is appealing the conviction, has been released on a £11,400 bail.
source:Metro UK
