A CORPORATE trainer was fined $4,000 on Tuesday after he was found guilty of molesting a woman.

Wee Chor Kian, 55, was convicted by District Judge Lee Poh Choo of caressing the buttocks of a 37-year-old business development manager at the auditorium of the Singapore Institute of Management on June 25 last year.

The incident took place during a photo-taking session at the Clementi campus before a talk was to be given. The woman was shocked and disturbed by what happened and told an SIM staff.

Another witness called by the prosecution not only saw Wee using his hand to touch the victim's buttocks but also saw how she had reacted angrily after the act.

Wee claimed in his defence that it was a frame-up or the brush was accidental.

He could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined for outraging the woman's modesty.