The Court of First Instance (TJB) has sentenced a male tutor from Hong Kong working at a local private tuition centre to a prison term of 18 years and six months for repeatedly sexually abusing at least six schoolboys enrolled in the centre since he started working there in 2016 until he was arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) in November last year.
The 36-year-old defendant, surnamed Tam, was found guilty of sexual abuse of children and sexual coercion on Friday when the court announced the ruling.
Tam separately forced the victims to perform oral sex on him, to masturbate in front of him, and to masturbate him. Judge Chou Im Peng noted during Friday’s session that Tam admitted most of the allegations against him during the trial.
