The Straits Times
After serving a one-month prison term for taking upskirt videos of a woman, a man kept a clean record for the next five years as he worked towards getting a law degree and passing the Bar examinations.
Mr Chester Lee, 34, was admitted to the Bar on Sept 22, 2023, after Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon concluded that he was suitable for admission as he has reformed his character since committing the crime six years ago.
Mr Lee was 28 when he recorded two upskirt videos of a woman in May 2017 while they were on public transport.
In January 2018, he was handed one month’s jail after he pleaded guilty to one charge of insulting the modesty of a woman, with a second charge taken into consideration during sentencing.
After he was released from prison, he maintained a full-time job, enrolled in and graduated from law school, passed the Bar examinations and completed his practice training stint.
In his application for admission to the Bar, Mr Lee made full disclosure of his past offence, and said what he had done was “wrong, despicable, disrespectful to women”.
The Attorney-General, the Law Society of Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Legal Education, which are the three stakeholders involved in the admission of lawyers, did not object to his application.
