After they chatted for an hour, the man got the girl to perform a sex act on him. The man, Subramaniam Thaburan Rangasamy, pleaded guilty on Tuesday Jan 9 to one charge of getting the teen, who was under 16 years of age, to perform a sex act on him. Another charge of attempting to have sexual intercourse with the teenager will be taken into consideration when Subramaniam returns to court on Feb 1 for sentencing. Before the hearing began, Subramaniam's defence counsel Rajan Supramaniam asked the court to extend the gag order to the accused as he was living in the same area as the victim, which could lead to her identification.
However, Deputy Public Prosecutor DPP Sunil Nair argued that he did not see the need to gag the accused's name as it seems that the request from the defence was to protect his privacy and not that of the victim.
On Dec 6 in , the teenager was at home in the late morning and had scheduled a Zoom video session with her school counsellor even though it was the school holidays. As there were other people at home and she wanted some privacy, she decided to go elsewhere for the session, said DPP Nair. She left home and walked via a linkway that connected her to the fourth floor of the multi-storey car park.
The court heard that at the time, Subramaniam was on the fourth floor of the car park, smoking and relaxing before he left for the morning. The teen had walked past Subramaniam, who paid her no mind, as she headed to the fifth floor of the car park staircase for her virtual session with the counsellor.
After the call, the teenager stood up but had lost strength in her leg due to an unexpected cramp. Despite that, she tried to make her way back but fell along the way and hit the door to the car park staircase. He helped her to her feet and walked a few steps with her until the teen's cramp subsided and she was able to walk on her own.
