By Sujin Thomas

GRABBING and gagging one girl with his bare hands, forcing another to undress, the man preyed on these young girls in the Housing Board flat lifts in Choa Chu Kang twice in October.

On Thursday, 19-year-old chef Tan Boon Ann pleaded guilty to outraging the modesty of the two girls in a district court.

He was sentenced to four years in jail and six strokes of the cane.

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