SINGAPORE, Feb. 4 -- A Malaysian employee of Singapore public transport operator SBS Transit went on trial yesterday, accused of impersonating a police officer to lure a migrant domestic helper away from her friends before raping her, CNA reported.

According to the Singapore-based media organisation, Sharveen Chetty, 48, faces two charges of rape and one charge of personating a public servant.

Prosecutors said the victim, then 35, had been sitting with friends and her boyfriend on a grass patch near Little India MRT Station on 11 July, 2022 when Chetty walked up to them while on patrol duty for the transport operator.

Deputy Public Prosecutors Marcus Foo, Mark Chia and Gurmesh Singh told the court that Chetty allegedly pretended to be ...