SINGAPORE, July 14 — A medical practitioner of more than 20 years’ standing has been suspended for four months for insulting the modesty of a female bus passenger back in 2016, by exposing his underwear and groin to her.He had unzipped his pants in front of the 56-year-old victim while on board an SBS bus in July 2016, saying that he had done so because he thought she was wearing provocative attire.
The tribunal then referred the matter to a health committee to determine if Dr Azman’s fitness to practise medicine could be impaired by any mental condition he might have. Lawyers for the SMC had argued for Dr Azman to be suspended for six to nine months and ordered not to see female patients without a chaperone present.During the trial, he was “belligerent” and “cast baseless aspersions on the victim”, attempting to portray himself as the victim by claiming he was provoked by her attire, the lawyers noted.