December 23, 2020
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SINGAPORE - A man used unregulated private-hire car services such as Ride Kakis and SG Hitch on messaging platform Telegram to scour for potential victims.
Muhammad Hafiz Maksah, 27, duped three women into believing that he would transport them to their destinations and drove them instead to secluded places, where he molested them.
The Singaporean was sentenced on Wednesday (Dec 23) to five years and 10 months jail with six strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to three molestation charges involving three women. A molestation charge linked to a fourth victim and one count of criminal intimidation were taken into consideration during sentencing.
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SINGAPORE: A man who was suspended from driving for the Grab platform turned to unregulated carpooling chat groups on Telegram for jobs, preying on women and driving them to secluded areas to molest them.
Muhammad Hafiz Maksah, 27, was given five years and 10 months jail and six strokes of the cane on Wednesday (Dec 23) for his crimes.
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He pleaded guilty to three counts of outraging the modesty of his passengers, with another two charges taken into consideration.
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Trapped in a car with a sexual predator, a woman became so distressed she cut and burned herself. She also submitted to his demand of sucking his toes in the hope of escaping his clutches.
Yesterday, Muhammad Hafiz Maksah, 27, dubbed a clear danger to the public by the prosecution, was jailed for five years and 10 months and given six strokes of the cane.
He pleaded guilty via video-link yesterday to three molest charges involving three victims. Another charge linked to a fourth victim and one count of criminal intimidation were taken into consideration.
The former Grab driver made use of unregulated private-hire car services to look for victims and violated them at secluded spots.