SINGAPORE — A Singapore Management University business undergraduate accused of molesting a woman in a study room on campus maintained that the woman had been growing more comfortable with him and had not minded his advances despite her seeming resistance at the time of the incidents.
Starting his cross examination of Lee on Tuesday , Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Chong painted Lee as a person who tailored his evidence to suit his case, from the moment he had his statement taken, to his examination by his counsel on Monday, to his cross examination today. In reply, Lee denied changing his evidence, claiming that he was simply trying to recall details to the best that he can at every stage.
The DPP then asked, “If I want to do something to you but I didn’t get your consent in advance, does it mean that it is your job to ensure that you say no, assuming you don’t want to do it."The DPP asked, “If I don’t ask you I wouldn’t know that you are consenting right?”, prompting Lee to say, “Well it depends still on the place you ask me, the environment we were in, any setting between us.
Lee said the woman's tone told him she was fine with the interaction. "You weren’t there at the time, I could feel that she was fine with it," he told the DPP. " given on the very day of incident, you agree that your memory would be clearest at the point but you told us in this statement you can’t remember... how is it that three years after the incident you are crystal clear at this point you only touched her breast over her bra?"