By The SUN
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| The appeal court said the sentence on Arabejo was within the prescribed range |
A Filipino transgender tourist who was jailed for two months last year for overstaying his visa for six months, has lost his appeal against his sentence in the High Court.
The appellant, Manuel Arabejo II, was unrepresented and
absent, as he was repatriated to the
Arabejo, 28 and a college student, had appealed against the
sentence meted by an
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In her decision issued on Dec 29 but published on Jan 12, Justice Esther Toh concurred with prosecutor Dmitri Au-yeung that Arabejo’s “is a clear case that the sentence is not manifestly excessive.”
“The fact is very simple. A police officer posed as a sex
customer and made a phone call at a number found in an online advertisement. He
was instructed to go to a hotel in
The officer revealed his police identity just when Arabejo wanted to undress. He arrested the Filipino and seized 10 unused condoms and a bottle of KY Gel from the room.
The appellant arrived in
“The appellant had actually contravened his condition of stay and under caution the appellant also admitted the offence,” the appeal judge said.
