Psychiatrist suspended for three years over 13-year-affair with patient

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She was his patient, and he was her psychiatrist treating her for trauma she suffered when she was sexually assaulted.

But their doctor-patient relationship turned into a 13-year affair.

Dr Douglas Kong Sim Guan (above), 63, was yesterday suspended for three years from June 24 and fined $10,000 by the Singapore Medical Council, the regulatory body overseeing all doctors here. He was also ordered to pay the cost of the proceedings.

The case arose from a complaint by his patient more than two years ago.

Dr Kong claimed their relationship started after she stopped being his patient and that she had seduced him.