Singapore doctor who took upskirt photos suspended for 14 months by disciplinary tribunal


A file photo of a man surfing the dark web. Singapore police found 178 photos of different victims taken between November 2014 and June 2016 on the doctor’s phones. — Dreamstime/TNS

SINGAPORE: A general practitioner (GP) who was jailed for 30 weeks in May 2019 for taking upskirt photos of dozens of victims has been suspended from practising medicine for 14 months.

Dr Sim Choon Seng, who is in his mid-50s, had pleaded guilty to the disciplinary charge brought against him by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) – that his conviction for the offences implies a defect in character which makes him unfit for the profession.

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