Jail for man who sexually abused 6 boys, confessed voluntarily and underwent chemical castration

Chen Caijin, who himself was a victim of childhood sexual abuse, came forward to the police and asked for the maximum number of strokes of the cane.

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SINGAPORE: A man who had sexually abused six boys when he was a youth voluntarily confessed his crimes to the police when he was an adult, asking for the maximum number of strokes of the cane.

He also voluntarily agreed to receive injections that amounted to chemical castration.

Chen Caijin, a 34-year-old Singaporean, was sentenced on Wednesday (Oct 28) to jail for 19 years, one month, two weeks and 14 days, with the maximum 24 strokes of the cane.

He pleaded guilty to six charges including sexual penetration of a minor, molestation, taking nude photos of a child, voluntarily causing hurt and relinquishing a bank account.

Another 16 charges were considered in sentencing.

Chen committed the sexual offences for a few years after 2010, when he was aged between 17 and 20 and the victims were aged between nine and 16 years.

He got to know the victims through playing arcade or online games or through mutual friends.

He paid for some of the victims' games, with at least one victim allowing the sexual offences to continue as he was worried Chen would stop paying for his games and meals if he didn't.

The first victim was a school drop-out who would sniff glue with his friends and game at a 24-hour Local Area Network (LAN) shop in Geylang.

Chen paid for the gaming by the victim and the victim's friends. He also tried kissing the boy, who was 14 to 15 at the time, but was pushed away.

Chen molested the victim multiple times, causing him to feel uncomfortable. The victim kept quiet as he thought Chen was "just playing", the court heard.

One night in 2010, while Chen was with the victim and the victim's friends at a void deck, he performed a sex act on the boy.

When the boy woke up, his friends were laughing at him, which confused the victim.

Chen also sexually assaulted the boy when he slept over at Chen's house.

Chen also performed sex acts on another victim and took nude photos of him, which he shared with three mutual friends without consent.

The offences went undetected until Nov 1, 2019, when Chen sent an email to the police.

He said he had committed serious crimes in the past but had not been caught. He said he wanted to ask some questions before deciding whether to admit to the crimes.

He also said he wanted to "negotiate a certain type of punishment".

He sent another email to the police a few days later, saying he deserved to be punished and asked how he could be sentenced to the maximum number of strokes of the cane.

The police invited Chen to provide a statement in person, and Chen did so on Nov 8, 2019.

He admitted to molesting several individuals and having sex with underage victims. However, he refused to reveal their identities or details as he did not want to be arrested or detained.

The police seized his phone and began identifying suspected victims.

They discovered that he had engaged in at least 22 sexual offences between 2010 and 2014.

Chen was largely cooperative throughout investigations and willingly disclosed information on his sexual crimes.

He was arrested in April 2024 and has been remanded since then.

A psychiatrist at the Institute of Mental Health examined Chen and said he had personality disorder with prominent masochistic and antisocial traits.

He also had paraphilic disorder, with an extensive history of childhood sexual trauma.

Dr Cheow Enquan said Chen's main sexual interest was in teenage boys, but he also had strong paedophilic tendencies as he displayed sexual interest in males under the age of 13.

There was no direct contributory link between any of his conditions to the offences, Dr Cheow found.

Deputy Public Prosecutors Ho May Kim and Sarah Siaw sought at least 18 years' jail to 20 years and four months' jail, along with an additional 14 days' jail for breaching his remission order.

They also asked for the maximum 24 strokes of the cane.

Chen has past convictions for offences including theft.

Ms Ho highlighted Chen's persistent and predatory conduct, as well as the number of victims.

She accepted that Chen had voluntarily come forward but said he withheld crucial details and did not want to be arrested in 2019.

Chen was defended by Mr Pramnath Vijayakumar and Ms Alysha Saraswathy Ratnam from Pro Bono SG.

Ms Ratnam said her client did not present as a "typical sexual offender".

While he was now 34, the sexual offences were committed when he was 17 to 20 years old, she said.

She said Chen was sincerely remorseful, which he had demonstrated in several ways including his voluntary confession.

Ms Ratnam said Chen wished to negotiate a sentence purely because he felt he deserved a harsher one.

He was wracked by guilt and determined not to commit such offences again, so he proactively sought medical treatment at IMH, said the lawyer.

She said Chen was prescribed injections that lowered testosterone levels to manage his sexual urges.

Doctors said this was a form of chemical castration, she added.

Chen even proactively requested an increase of the dosage to assist him in managing his urges, said Ms Ratnam.

She added that Chen himself is a victim of childhood sexual abuse, but did not elaborate.

"The defence is not submitting that this should excuse his offending," said Ms Ratnam.

"We merely wish to raise this factor to give this court a holistic picture of Mr Chen and the internal struggles he wrestled with," she said.

She said that as Chen grew older, he realised the gravity of his offences and tried to right the wrongs he had caused.

His mother, who is 71 years old this year, was diagnosed with stomach cancer in April and Chen wishes to see her again before she dies, said Ms Ratnam.

In sentencing, Justice Mavis Chionh said there was a "disturbing" pattern of conduct where Chen would strike up a friendship with a victim before initiating physical contact that escalated into sexual acts.

It would not be accurate to attribute his offending conduct purely to youth, youthful folly or lack of self-restraint, she said.

Justice Chionh said it was also troubling that Chen himself informed his IMH psychiatrist that he continued to molest other inmates and even prison staff while he was remanded.

Still, she accepted that Chen had shown genuine remorse including voluntarily submitting to chemical castration.

For sexual penetration of a minor, he could have been jailed for up to 20 years and fined or caned.

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陈彩金本人曾是童年性虐待的受害者，他主动向警方报案，要求判处藤条重罚。

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新加坡：一名男子在青少年时期性侵了六名男孩，成年后主动向警方坦白了自己的罪行，并要求判处最大次数的鞭刑。

他还自愿同意接受相当于化学阉割的注射。

34岁的新加坡人陈彩金于周三（10月28日）被判处19年1个月2周14天监禁，并处以最高刑罚24下鞭刑。

他承认了六项指控，包括性侵未成年人、猥亵、拍摄儿童裸照、故意伤害和放弃银行账户。

量刑时还考虑了另外 16 项指控。

陈某在 2010 年之后的几年里犯下了性犯罪，当时他年龄在 17 岁到 20 岁之间，受害者年龄在 9 岁到 16 岁之间。

他通过玩街机游戏、网络游戏或通过共同的朋友认识了受害者。

他为一些受害者支付了游戏费用，至少有一名受害者因为担心如果不这样做，陈就会停止支付他的游戏和餐费，所以允许性侵犯继续发生。

第一个受害者是一名辍学学生，他经常和朋友一起吸食胶水，并在芽笼一家 24 小时营业的局域网 (LAN) 商店玩游戏。

陈某为受害者及其朋友支付了游戏费用。他还试图亲吻当时14、15岁的男孩，但被男孩推开了。

据法庭获悉，陈某多次猥亵受害者，令其感到不适。受害者当时以为陈某“只是在开玩笑”，所以没有发声。

2010 年的一个晚上，陈某与受害者及其朋友在组屋底层时，对该男孩实施了性行为。

男孩醒来时，他的朋友们都在嘲笑他，这让男孩感到困惑。

陈某还曾性侵在陈某家中过夜的男孩。

陈某还对另一名受害者实施了性行为，并拍摄了他的裸照，未经同意便与三位共同的朋友分享了这些照片。

这些违法行为直到 2019 年 11 月 1 日才被发现，当时陈某向警方发送了一封电子邮件。

他说他过去曾犯下重罪，但一直没有被抓获。他说他想在决定是否认罪之前先问几个问题。

他还表示，他想“协商某种类型的惩罚”。

几天后，他又给警方发了一封电子邮件，说他应该受到惩罚，并询问如何才能判处他最高次数的鞭刑。

警方邀请陈某亲自到场提供证词，陈某于 2019 年 11 月 8 日到场提供证词。

他承认猥亵多人，并与未成年受害者发生性关系。但他拒绝透露受害者的身份或细节，因为他不想被逮捕或拘留。

警方没收了他的手机，并开始确认疑似受害者身份。

他们发现他在 2010 年至 2014 年间至少犯下了 22 起性犯罪。

在整个调查过程中，陈先生基本配合，并主动披露了有关其性犯罪的信息。

他于 2024 年 4 月被捕，此后一直被羁押。

精神卫生研究所的一名精神科医生对陈进行了检查，并表示他患有人格障碍，具有明显的受虐倾向和反社会特征。

他还患有性欲倒错症，并且有严重的童年性创伤史。

周恩泉医生表示，陈的主要性兴趣是青少年男孩，但他也有强烈的恋童癖倾向，因为他对13岁以下的男性表现出性兴趣。

周医生发现，他的任何病情与犯罪行为之间都没有直接的因果关系。

副检察官何美金和莎拉·萧要求判处被告至少 18 年至 20 年零 4 个月监禁，并因其违反减刑令而加判 14 天监禁。

他们还要求处以最高刑罚——24下藤条抽打。

陈某曾因盗窃等罪行被定罪。

何女士强调了陈某持续不断的掠夺性行为，以及受害者人数众多。

她承认陈某是自愿站出来的，但表示他在 2019 年隐瞒了关键细节，并且不想被捕。

陈先生的辩护人是 Pro Bono SG 的 Pramnath Vijayakumar 先生和 Alysha Saraswathy Ratnam 女士。

拉特南女士说，她的当事人看起来不像“典型的性犯罪者”。

她说，虽然他现在 34 岁，但这些性犯罪行为发生在他 17 到 20 岁之间。

她说陈某真心悔过，他已经通过多种方式证明了这一点，包括主动认罪。

拉特南女士表示，陈某希望协商量刑，纯粹是因为他觉得自己应该受到更严厉的惩罚。

律师说，他深受内疚折磨，决心不再犯此类罪行，因此主动前往心理卫生学院寻求治疗。

她说，医生给陈开了降低睾酮水平的注射剂，以控制他的性欲。

她补充说，医生说这是一种化学阉割。

拉特南女士说，陈甚至主动要求增加剂量，以帮助他控制自己的冲动。

她还补充说，陈本人也是童年性虐待的受害者，但没有详细说明。

拉特南女士说：“辩方并未提出这可以成为他犯罪的理由。”

“我们只是想提出这一因素，以便让法庭对陈先生以及他所经历的内心挣扎有一个全面的了解，”她说。

她说，随着陈年纪渐长，他意识到自己罪行的严重性，并努力弥补自己所犯下的错误。

拉特南女士说，陈的母亲今年71岁，4月份被诊断出患有胃癌，陈希望在她去世前再见她一面。

在宣判时，法官 Mavis Chionh 表示，陈某的行为模式“令人不安”，他会先与受害者建立友谊，然后再进行身体接触，最终发展成性行为。

她说，将他的违法行为完全归咎于年轻、年轻人的愚蠢或缺乏自制力是不准确的。

法官 Chionh 表示，更令人不安的是，陈某本人曾向其心理卫生学院的精神科医生透露，他在被还押期间继续骚扰其他囚犯甚至监狱工作人员。

不过，她也接受了陈已表现出真诚的悔意，包括自愿接受化学阉割。

如果犯下性侵未成年人的罪行，他可能被判处最高 20 年监禁，并处罚款或鞭刑。

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