No action to be taken against woman after doctor acquitted of molesting her: AGC

SINGAPORE: The Attorney-General’s Chambers said on Tuesday it will not be taking action against a woman who complained that a doctor had molested her, after the doctor was acquitted.for four counts of outraging a 32-year-old woman’s modesty at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in October 2017.Prosecutors decided to withdraw the charges after considering the evidence as well as the defence lawyers representations.

“Critically, there is no finding by the court in this case that the complainant had lied or had even given inconsistent evidence.”The AGC said if there is clear evidence that a person has lied under oath in legal proceedings, it will “seriously consider” opening proceedings against the person for perjury.

In sexual offence cases, where an accused person is tried on the testimony of a complainant alone, the law requires that the complainant’s evidence is “unusually convincing” before an accused can be convicted, said the statement. Dr Yeo’s lawyers from Eugene Thuraisingam LLP issued a public statement shortly after his acquittal, claiming the complainant “admitted to lying in court about ‘material elements’ of her allegations of outrage of modesty”, said AGC.The woman “specifically denied” the defence lawyers’ accusations that she had “lied and fabricated the alleged acts of outrage of modesty in respect of all the charges against Dr Yeo”, added the AGC.

“She maintained that Dr Yeo had nonetheless touched her hip. When Dr Yeo’s lawyer asserted that Dr Yeo had not touched her hips in any way, the complainant disagreed. Importantly, this alleged incident did not form the basis of any of the charges against Dr Yeo.”

AGC is not making sense here - are they suggesting that she was, in fact, molested but that they do not have the evidence required to meet the high threshold of proving it? Where's the justice if 'victims' are allowed to give inconsistent accounts to suit their narrative?

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