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Britons plead guilty to Singapore stag party assault

Three young Britons pleaded guilty yesterday to sexually assaulting a drunken Malaysian woman during a stag party in Singapore and may now face long prison terms and caning.

Khong Tam Thanh, Le Michael and Vu Thai Son, all in their 20s, were originally charged with rape but admitted the lesser offense of sexual assault at the city-state’s High Court after a four-day trial.

The men, British citizens of Vietnamese origin, will be sentenced today. Sexual assault carries a penalty of up to 10 years in jail and caning, a punishment that dates back to British colonial rule.

The three were in Singapore in September as part of a group of nine for a bachelor’s party, and attended an electronic music festival called Ultra Singapore. The groom, Khong’s brother, was also on the trip.

They met the 23-year-old woman in a popular nightspot in the city-state. After she had agreed to have sex with one of their friends, a British citizen also of Vietnamese origin identified as Richard Ahn, he took her to his hotel room.

After the pair had sex, Khong, 22, Le and Vu — both 24 — took turns to have sex with the woman as she lay drunk and unconscious, the court heard.

While the men took care to make as little noise as possible, the woman woke up as Le was assaulting her.

Prosecutors asked for a jail term of between five to seven years.




 

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