Cruise passenger who climbed to neighbour's room and stole bra jailed

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A man who had claimed he could not be held liable by the Singapore courts for offences committed on a foreign ship outside the country was convicted on Tuesday (Nov 15) and given four months' jail. Singaporean Ng Kok Wai, 29, was found guilty of one count each of housebreaking and theft of a woman's underwear. Earlier in the trial,...

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Ng was one of the passengers on a three-day cruise to nowhere on board the World Dream, which departed from Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore on Dec 12, 2021. A lock log linked to her cabin recorded Ng's attempt, Deputy Public Prosecutor Jocelyn Teo told the court. He returned to his own cabin, and at around 6pm, he climbed over the railing of his cabin's balcony to the adjacent one and managed to enter the woman's cabin as the balcony door was unlocked.

His actions in the corridor outside the cabin were captured on closed-circuit television, said the DPP.The prosecutor said: "At about 6.29pm, the accused opened the main door of , brought out two pieces of luggage without the consent of the victim and her friends, and left them outside... The accused claimed that he did so to cover up his 'shameful' acts."

 

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