SINGAPORE, Sept 25 — Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has investigated a case involving a male undergraduate, who was in the running to become the university’s...
SINGAPORE, Sept 25 — Nanyang Technological University has investigated a case involving a male undergraduate, who was in the running to become the university’s Students’ Union president, after a female student’s complaint that he manipulated her to drink alcohol until she passed out in his dormitory room.
In a written response to TODAY, the female student said that she had not received any well-being support for this particular incident, although she has received such support for other personal health issues. “I was the only person he gave that many cups of alcohol to previously, which caused the drunk state,” she claimed.
NTU said that the incident was first reported to the students’ union, which had taken the “necessary action in line with its disciplinary procedures” last year. Both Ong and the female student were interviewed during the investigations, as well as the four eyewitnesses who were present at the social gathering.
On online forum Reddit, for example, some users said that Ong’s alleged actions were akin to sexual misconduct, while others accused the students’ union of trying to shield him.