Tutor jailed for molesting student

Tutor jailed for molesting student

SINGAPORE (AFP): A Singapore court has jailed a 55-year-old tutor for nine months after convicting him of molesting a 13-year-old Indonesian student, The Straits Times reported yesterday.

Tan Keng Pong, who has been a tutor for 30 years, was sentenced yesterday on seven counts of molesting the girl last year, the newspaper said. A further 13 charges of molesting a 15- year-old Taiwanese girl are pending against him, it said.

Both girls were former pupils of a primary school where Teo's wife was the principal, The Straits Times said, adding that the tutor, who has three children and two grandchildren, was also their local guardian.