Last Friday, 23 February 2018, Dawn finally lodged an official police report of the sexual assault. The following recount is her statement to the police.

“This happened in 2015. Back then, I didn’t come out because I didn’t have evidence and I just wanted to forget about whatever happened. Furthermore, I’m also in the media industry and I felt like I would be on the losing end.

I got in touch with Eden Ang because of work. We first spoke via a formal email exchange, where his mobile number was given to me. We proceeded to text. Everything was professional, until one day he texted to ask me over for a movie. The situation felt weird, but I thought nothing about it. I turned him down.

A few days later, he asked me the same thing. I said, ‘I don’t want to watch. Cinema waste money.’ He replied, ‘No, watch at home.’ He spoke in a way that made me think he was interested in dating me, so I thought I would give him a chance. The computer was in his room, so we sat on his bed. Nothing happened that night, it was just awkward. After the movie, he tried to persuade me to stay over, but I said no and went home.

The second time we hung out at his house, he made boyfriend-type of advances, even though we were never officially together. He tried to touch me by trying to hug me.

As our arrangement progressed on subsequently, there were times when I continued going to his house supposedly to talk about work. But I remember whenever I went over, there was never any work done. He would always try to touch me instead.

On one occasion, he pulled me over and suddenly reached up to my skirt to touch me. He said he was horny and he believed that girls want it. Of course I resisted and said no. After that, he kind of used force to try to persuade me. When I rejected him, he would show a ‘black’ face and ignore me.

The third time I went to his house, he touched my buttocks and vagina and tried to get me aroused. He grabbed my buttocks first. This was followed with him reaching his hand past my panties to my vagina. I pushed his hand away and tried to stop him, but he ignored me and persisted.

I told him very honestly that I’ve never done this before, even with a guy I date. He told me not to bluff, and that he was sure all girls want it. Deep inside I knew he wanted to have sex. I felt it was wrong, but I also didn’t know whether I was too conservative or sensitive. He told me I needed to open up.

When I didn’t let him do it, he got angry. He said, ‘Girls that are not obedient need to be punished.’ He told me to go to the bathroom and take off my clothes. I asked him what for, because in my head, I knew it was wrong. I just didn’t know how to reject him. So I removed my clothes, leaving only my bra and panties on. He insisted I remove my undergarments, and I eventually gave in.

Eden then took out his mobile phone. He said, ‘I just want to take photo. Because you don’t let me do it, so whenever I just want to feel high, I’ll look at your picture. If you don’t let me do some more, I go look for other girls.’ I kept telling him not to take my pictures, but he got very fierce and I felt lost and confused. All I could do was stand to one side of the door. Now he has my pictures in his phone. After he finished, I got dressed and sat in the bedroom not talking to him. Shortly after, I said I wanted to go home and left.”