Woman testifies in trial of SMU student accused of molesting her, saying she felt 'weird and awkward'

SINGAPORE: A young woman who said she was molested by a Singapore Management University student during a late-night study session on campus took the stand on Monday and told the court how she felt"weird" and"uncomfortable" after his alleged advances on her.The accused, 24-year-old Lee Yan Ru, is contesting one charge of using criminal force on her by rubbing his privates on her chest in a study room at the university on Jan 8 last year.

Lee also offered to take her out for a meal but she declined. They continued chatting about their mutual friends and school, as she "didn't want to be rude and brush him off".They continued to chat on the social media platform and later moved to the messenging service Telegram. Lee complimented her by calling her"pretty", the woman said, but she did not take this as an expression of interest.

Lee returned to school about half an hour later and they continued chatting on Telegram about their mutual friend, said the woman. She met Lee at the School of Economics and Social Science Building at SMU at about 12.30am to 1am on Jan 8, 2019. When the show ended at about 4am, the woman alleged that Lee tickled her again and reached from behind and molested her under her clothes.

She is shown giving what she described as a"playful kick" at Lee as they headed for the smoke break. She said she did this to break the tension.Asked why she did not just leave, the woman said:"It was the middle of the night and there was no mode of transport, and also I didn't want to leave a bad impression."Usually if it's someone I didn't know, I would have just gotten up and left.

After this, Lee allegedly followed the woman into the ladies' washroom as he said the men's toilet was too far away, and also tried to kiss her when they returned to the classroom, said the woman.

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