PUBLIC PROSECUTOR v CEO

Case Significance

Public Prosecutor v CEO [2024] SGHC 109 was decided by the General Division of the High Court of Singapore in Criminal Case No 26 of 2023, with Mavis Chionh Sze Chyi J delivering the grounds of decision on 30 April 2024, following trial across multiple dates in August 2023, 20 November 2023, and 30 January 2024. The case concerned criminal law charges of rape and abetment. The accused was a 45-year-old married man. One night sometime between 2010 and 2011, he found himself in an apartment belonging to a 42-year-old married man referred to as "T". The accused had previously met T online on a website known as the Sammyboy Forum, where the accused had started a thread in April 2010 named "Wife Fantasy". It was not disputed that on the night in question, prior to arriving at T's apartment, the accused had received a text message from T stating that T's wife (referred to as "V") was drugged, and asking the accused to come over. The accused drove over, and T led him into the master bedroom where the accused saw V, who had earlier been drugged by T, lying motionless on the bed; after some time the accused left. The prosecution was represented by the Attorney-General's Chambers, including Ang Siok Chen, Lim Ying Min and Wong Li-Jing Gail, and the defendant by Luo Ling Ling LLC, including Luo Ling Ling.