Barely a year passed since the last “pervert” case involving the National University of Singapore (NUS) hit the courts. The latest case involves Instagram, trespassing, and vibrators. The offender, Chua Chang Rong (27), committed the crimes in 2019, a year after he graduated. Here’s how this bizarre case went down.
It started on Instagram…
It all began when Chua followed the 22-year old victim, who was also a student at NUS, on Instagram because he found her attractive. It was through her public Instagram page that he discovered she also lives in one of the halls at NUS. And that she was going to travel overseas.
This was when he seized the opportunity to look for her room in the university hall.
Then he stole her vibrator!
As an ex-student, he knew that he’d be able to enter the halls if he tailgated someone, which he did. He also knew that most students don’t lock their room doors, and would often leave their names on their doors. Basically, it didn’t take long before he found her room… unlocked.
He entered her room and rummaged through her personal belongings, including her lingerie, and found a vibrator – which according to the news, cost S$40 (why was this detail even necessary?) – and stole it because he was aroused by it.
When the student returned, she assumed she misplaced her vibrator. But that wasn’t the end of it.
He strikes again!
Half a year later, for no reason at all, Chua decided to return the vibrator. He then committed another round of tailgating and trespassing after finding out that she was at work via her Instagram Stories.
This time, when he got into her room, he rummaged through her drawers again, and this time he saw two new sex toys in a box. Unable to resist the urge, he fiddled around with them and took photos of them before actually returning the original vibrator he stole.
He also took a photo of her resumé before leaving.
And finally, first contact
A few days later, Chua messaged the victim via Telegram under the username “Bobby” in a secret chat because he suddenly felt sexually aroused thinking about what he did in her room.
In the message, he told her he’d returned her vibrator – “to surprise her” – and said that he noticed her new sex toys. Then he asked her if she wanted to be friends with benefits “since I already know your dirty little secret,” and apparently offered to be available whenever she needed to be “satisfied.”
Obviously, she didn’t want to “get to know each other real well” because he told her that he’d entered her room without her knowledge. So when she found her missing vibrator in her room, she informed NUS campus security. Through the CCTV footage, police were able to identify the offender.
And here we are…
As with many cases of a sexual nature, offenders are given a psychiatric evaluation. Institute of Mental Health (IMH) diagnosed Chua with an adjustment disorder with depressed mood and high sexual drive, along with possible paraphilia. Chua’s private psychiatrist’s diagnosed him as having a fetishistic disorder.
Just last year, another NUS student was charged for a similar crime at the halls of residence: Pei Shao Bo snuck into rooms of several female NUS schoolmates to steal their undergarments.
What is it just NUS?
We’ve heard plenty of other cases involving male students at NUS. In fact, mention ‘NUS’ and chances are you’ll find people talking about ‘perverts’ in the same line as ‘prestigious’. There have been many cases of peeping toms and upskirt photos – classified under outrage of modesty – to support these claims. One has to wonder if there was a particular trigger that causes most of these offenders to commit their crimes of perversion.
