A 40-year-old Singaporean has been charged with repeatedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl and not informing her that he had the human immunodeficiency virus . — TODAY file pic
The man, who was first charged in December last year, faces 34 charges in total — 17 counts each of sexual penetration of a minor under 16 and of engaging in sexual activity without informing his partner of the risk of contracting HIV. A person can contract HIV through unprotected sex, sharing injection equipment, contaminated blood transfusions and organ or tissue transplants, or it can be passed from a mother to her unborn child.Ministry of Health prosecutor Jason Lee applied for the order as it involves sensitive health information.Court documents stated that he allegedly had penetrative sex with her 13 times from Sept 22 to Dec 3 last year.All of the incidents allegedly took place around 8.