The doctor convicted of sexually assaulting and molesting a long-time patient was sentenced to 10 years’ jail by a High Court judge on Wednesday (Feb 27).

Wee Teong Boo, 68, was also ordered to make compensation of S$1,200 to his victim for her counselling sessions.

Wee will be appealing against conviction and sentence, the court heard. Similarly, the prosecution will be appealing against the sentence and his acquittal for rape

For sexual assault by penetration, Wee could be jailed up to 20 years and fined. For using criminal force to molest his victim, he could be jailed up to two years and/or fined. While both offences carry the possibility of caning, he cannot be caned as he is above 50 years old.

General practitioner Wee Teong Boo was found guilty on Monday (Feb 25) of sexually assaulting and molesting a long-time patient on two occasions at his Bedok clinic.

Wee, 68, was initially charged with raping the victim, now 26, during a late-night consultation on Dec 30, 2015. She had been seeking treatment for gastric problems, frequent urination and an itch on her genitals.

Wee had been the victim’s doctor since she was a child. She began consulting him more frequently from 2014 and saw him about 20 times in 2015 — mainly for stomach problems.

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one man from singapore was distressed after finding out that his Vietnamese wife had an outstanding debt of 400,000,000 dong (S$23,928) from her business in Vietnam - barely three days after solemnising their marriage at the Registry of Marriages (ROM).

He had first met his wife in 2015, when she was in Singapore as a tourist.The two instantly clicked and met up several times after she came back to Singapore the following year.

In October 2016, he went to a marriage agency and made arrangements to marry her.Despite knowing that she was a divorcee, ZC decided to solemnise their marriage on Jan 11, 2017.

When an administration officer asked for her divorce certificate, she sprung a surprise on him: She had two children in Vietnam from her previous marriage. He was upset, but decided to channel his energies towards building a future with his wife-to-be, and went through with the solemnisation.

A few days after the incident at the ROM, his wife suddenly revealed to him that she had an outstanding debt in Vietnam, amounting to 400,000,000 dong (S$23,928). She asked for her husband to pay off the debts and help her apply for a Long Term Visit Pass (LTVP) so she could work in Singapore, threatening to forsake her 'wife duties' should he object.

"She said she wouldn't have our child if I did not agree."

He agreed to her demands. In April 2017, the cousin of his wife called him, asking him to 'speed up' the LTVP application. The pass was finally granted in June 2017.

In July 2017, the couple went back to his wife hometown in Vietnam to visit her mother.

There, they held a traditional marriage ceremony, and he also took the chance to pay off 100,000,000 dong (S$6,200) from her outstanding debt.

The two returned to Singapore. However, 13 days later, his wife told him that there was trouble back home, and flew back to Vietnam.

It's been more than two weeks, and she has not flown back to Singapore, nor given him a definite date which she would be back by.

During this time, she also sent him photos of receipts, urging him to pay off her remaining debts. She said that the bank would seize her family business if they could not pay off their debts in time.

"First rule, I should accept that you and I are different persons. Therefore I should not expect you to behave the way I want you to behave. At the same time, if you accept that, then you can go anywhere, meet anybody without any problems."

- "Second, in anything that I do, I should do the best that I can. Because good is not good enough. If you follow this, then over time, you will be ahead of the rest."

- "Third, we should accept that life is a series of struggles. Today we’re here. Mamaya we do not know what will happen. So we should be ready. If you accept this, then it is easier for you to face the problems. You can accept the challenges of life. The question is, how do you manage when that time comes? Problems come in your life.Managing it is the key."

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- "Fifth. Love your God. Bottomline, there is somebody out there. Question is how do you love your God? To me it's prayer. How do you pray? It's an act of faith. To me true prayer is your personal conversation with God. Everyday. Thank Him for all blessings, tell him your problems, ask for guidance, because at the end of the day, His will be done."

One of the vendors, which is owed up to S$600,000 for providing more than 10 lorries, he is prepared that he will never get the money back.

He said: “We have to move forward. The earth is still spinning"