Man jailed 30 years, given 24 strokes for sexually abusing 31 boys
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Mar 20, 2015 11:39 am
Quality assurance engineer, Yap Weng Wah, 31, was today jailed 30 years and ordered to receive the maximum 24 strokes of the cane for sexually abusing 31 boys over three years.
He was involved in what the judge said was the worst case of sexual offences against young boys.
Yap, a Malaysian, came to Singapore to work in 2009 had kept more than 2,000 video clips on his laptop showing him sexually violating the children.
He pleaded guilty on Jan 16 to 12 counts of sexual penetration of a minor.
Another 64 charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.
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