Married S’porean man, 42, exposes himself to girl, then 15, working part-time under him, asks if she could make him 'happy'

A 42-year-old Singaporean man was sentenced to 21 days’ jail after exposing himself to a then-15-year-old girl during a video call. The man was a hotel assistant manager, and the girl was a part-time employee working under him at the time. Salim Shamim Ahmad pleaded guilty to one charge of intentionally exposing his genitals for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification, intending that the girl would see them, without her consent. The offence is under Section 377BF(1) of the Penal Code. He was sentenced on Nov. 6, according to Shin Min Daily News. The offence is punishable with up to one year’s jail, a fine, or both. Supervisor In court documents seen by Mothership, the girl worked a shift at the hotel on Dec. 2, 2024, from 5pm to 1am. Salim asked the victim to extend her shift by two hours to 3am and offered her an extra S$50. The girl agreed. After her shift, Salim asked her to follow him to an ATM, claiming that he was going to withdraw money to pay her for overtime. He then gave her S$80 in cash. Salim also booked a private hire vehicle to take her home and gave her an additional S$60 for the fare. He then returned to the hotel after seeing the girl enter the car. Message At about 4am, after the girl arrived home, she received a text message from Salim asking if she had gotten home safely. After she replied, Salim asked for a five-minute video call. The girl told Salim that it was getting late and she was going to sleep. However, he persisted and subsequently video-called her. The girl picked up and asked why he was calling. Salim claimed that he wanted to talk to her because he had nothing to do. The pair chatted for a while, and Salim asked the girl not to hang up. The girl then told him she wanted to go to sleep because she was tired. “Happy” Salim then asked if the girl could do something for him to make him “happy”. The girl initially did not understand Salim’s request and asked him what he meant. Salim repeated his request two more times and asked her if she could make him “happy”. He then asked her if she was wearing a bra. The girl told him it was a weird question and refused to answer. Salim then asked the victim if she could show him whether she was wearing a bra and asked her to pull the collar of her shirt lower so that he could see her bare shoulder. The girl refused, and Salim asked why before asking again if she could make him “happy”. Salim then asked the girl to lift her shirt so he could see her chest, which she refused. “Something” Salim then asked the girl if he could show her “something”. Before she could respond, at about 4:30am, he panned his phone camera towards his genitals and proceeded to masturbate. While he masturbated, he continued to ask the girl if she could make him “happy” and asked her to show him “more skin”. The girl then asked why he was behaving this way when he had a wife and children. Salim responded that he only wanted to look at her. The girl then told Salim she wanted to hang up and that what he was doing was weird. Salim then asked the girl if they could continue the video call for another five minutes. She refused and Salim ended the video call. The girl then told a colleague and friend at the hotel about the incident, who helped her lodge a police report on Jan. 14, 2025. Salim was arrested on Jan. 15, 2025, and was released on bail on the same day. Apology According to Shin Min Daily News, Salim’s lawyer sought two weeks’ jail for Salim. Salim's lawyer said he had no prior convictions and that Salim intended to apologise to the girl.