Singapore jails Malaysian who posed as policeman and raped domestic helper

Sharveen Chetty, a 48-year-old Malaysian, had pleaded guilty to one count of rape on the second day of his trial. A second rape charge and a charge of impersonating a police officer were taken into consideration.

In sentencing, Justice Dedar Singh Gill said Chetty was aware that the victim was a foreigner who might be unfamiliar with local authorities and had targeted her on account of her vulnerable position and lack of local knowledge.

He said his acts degraded the victim and that Chetty’s acting under the colour of office facilitated the isolation of the victim.

“The threat used under the claimed authority, which the victim believed, led her to submit to the vile acts of the accused,” the judge said.

At the time of the offence on the evening of July 11, 2022, Chetty was employed by SBS Transit as a station staff member at Little India MRT Station.