Youth, who was outed by underage victims on Twitter, sentenced to reformative training for …

SINGAPORE — Word got out about a youth who sexually assaulted at least 10 underage girls while he was still in secondary school, when several victims banded together to share their personal accounts in a public Twitter thread. One of his victims, a 17-year-old girl, started the thread, which has since been shut down. She posted the accused’s photo with the caption: “A rapist requested to follow me on Instagram, should I expose what he did to me?” Other victims approached her and with their permission, she shared their experiences on the thread. On Thursday (March 17), the accused, now aged 18, was sentenced to at least 12 months of reformative training — a regimented rehabilitation programme for offenders under 21 who commit relatively serious crimes. Offenders are given a minimum period on the programme, subject to how they respond to the rehabilitation. It is a harsher punishment than probation, which allows young offenders to continue with their education or employment while serving their sentences. The youth cannot be named due to a court order to protect his victims’ identities. He pleaded guilty last month to four counts of sexual penetration of a minor. Another 29 other similar charges, including…
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