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SINGAPORE: The one-year-old girl was walking behind her mother along the common corridor when their male neighbour picked the toddler up and kissed her on the lips.
When the mother, who was pushing a pram and carrying a six-month-old baby, realised that her daughter was no longer walking behind her, she stopped and saw Salim Abdul Rahman, 49, kissing the child.
The girl's mother shouted at him to put her down. She filed a police report a month later.
On Tuesday, Salim pleaded guilty to outraging the modesty of six underaged girls over a period of eight months, starting with the toddler.
On June 25, he approached a nine-year-old girl who was walking home after attending a tuition class and asked her for directions to the market. He insisted on getting her help, even though she said she did not know the way and wanted to go home.
Salim grabbed her hand and led her to a staircase landing at a block of flats, where he touched her private parts. He fled when the girl started to cry loudly.
A month later, Salim approached another nine-year-old girl to help him look for his house keys. He then took the girl to a staircase landing where he hugged her. The frightened girl said she wanted to go home, and he allowed her to leave.
On Aug 4, Salim offered a packet of rice and curry to two girls and befriended them. He later sat with them at a bus stop and asked if they would like to be his daughters.
When the two girls, who were aged eight and nine, prepared to board a bus, he kissed them on their cheeks.
The next month, Salim approached a nine-year-old girl at Yishun Central and asked her for directions.
When the girl said she was not sure, Salim grabbed her and took her to a staircase landing in a block of flats. He hugged the girl and molested her, fleeing when he heard someone coming down the staircase.
On Tuesday, Salim also pleaded guilty to employing an illegal immigrant as a stall assistant at his food stall in Sin Tong Hong Eating House at Choa Chu Kang.
District Judge Roy Neighbour called for a preventive detention report on Salim. He will appear in court again on Dec 28.
- TODAY/so
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