PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CEJ

[2023] SGHC 169 High Court (General Division) 16 June 2023 HC/CC 11/2022

3 cases cited Cited by 2 cases

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	16 June 2023
Judge	See Kee Oon
Charges / claim	Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Sentencing
Counsel	Attorney-General's Chambers, Ang Siok Chen, Gail Wong, Lim Ying Min

Source: [2023] SGHC 169, High Court (General Division), decided 16 June 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Criminal Law — Abetment Criminal Law — Offences — Rape Criminal Law — Offences — Sexual offences Criminal Procedure and Sentencing — Sentencing Criminal Procedure and Sentencing — Mitigation

Practice Areas

Criminal Law Criminal Procedure and Sentencing

Judges (1)

See Kee Oon Delivered

Counsel (4)

Attorney-General's Chambers Firm Ang Siok Chen Counsel for the prosecutor Gail Wong Counsel for the prosecutor Lim Ying Min Counsel for the prosecutor

Parties (2)

Public Prosecutor Prosecutor

CEJ Accused

Case Significance

Public Prosecutor v CEJ [2023] SGHC 169 is a grounds of decision of See Kee Oon J in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 16 June 2023 in Criminal Case No 11 of 2022. The accused was convicted on 4 May 2023 after pleading guilty to six proceeded charges out of 17: five counts of abetment by conspiracy to commit rape under s 375(1)(a) punishable under s 375(2) read with s 109 of the Penal Code, and one count of sexual assault by digital-vaginal penetration under s 376(2)(a) punishable under s 376(3). A further 11 charges, including counts of administering a poison under s 328 and outrage of modesty under s 354(1), were taken into consideration; the judge sentenced the accused to an aggregate 29 years' imprisonment and caning subject to the statutory maximum of 24 strokes.

Summary

The accused pleaded guilty to six charges, including five counts of abetment by conspiracy to commit rape and one count of sexual assault by penetration under the Penal Code, arising from a scheme in which husbands arranged for their sedated wives to be raped. Eleven further charges were taken into consideration. The High Court sentenced the accused to an aggregate 29 years' imprisonment and caning subject to the statutory maximum of 24 strokes.

What was Public Prosecutor v CEJ [2023] SGHC 169 about?

It was a grounds of decision of See Kee Oon J, delivered on 16 June 2023, after the accused pleaded guilty on 4 May 2023 to six charges, including five counts of abetment by conspiracy to commit rape and one count of sexual assault by penetration.

What sentence was imposed in [2023] SGHC 169?

The court sentenced the accused to an aggregate imprisonment term of 29 years and to caning subject to the maximum of 24 strokes permitted by law, with 11 further charges taken into consideration for the purpose of sentencing.