{
  "id": 4133873,
  "title": "S'porean swim coach molests girl, 10, repeatedly during classes, gets 2 years' jail & caning",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/sporean-swim-coach-molests-girl-10-repeatedly-during-classes-gets-2",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T16:52:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/08/swim-coach-molests-girl/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A former swimming coach has been sentenced to two years in jail and three strokes of the cane for molesting a 10-year-old girl during classes. Quek Yeong Kang, 49, admitted to three charges of molestation, rejecting his own testimony. The victim reported the incidents occurring over three separate occasions in October 2023. She described Quek touching her inappropriately, initially thinking it was an accident but later confirming the incidents. Her father reported the abuse to the police after the girl confided in him. CCTV footage corroborated the victim's account, showing Quek making physical contact with her. Four other students testified to similar actions by Quek, though without inappropriate intent. His fellow coach testified against Quek, stating that unnecessary physical contact underwater could lead to complaints. The judge found the prosecution's evidence compelling, rejecting Quek's claims of impossibility and height difference.",
  "summary": "The coach alleged that the victim had complained about him so that she could change coaches.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Mothership",
        "title": "Mentally unsound S'porean man, 90, who killed wife gets notional 5-year jail term",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/mentally-unsound-sporean-man-90-who-killed-wife-gets-notional-5-year",
        "published": "2026-08-28T16:29:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}