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Lay Ong, 67, was taken into custody after he allegedly touched a 7-year-old boy's genitalia while they were both guests on a cruise ship

Prosecutors charged him with abusive sexual contact with a minor three days later in federal court in Florida

He was convicted after a two-day trial and now faces the possibility of life in prison at his sentencing hearing on Jan. 21, 2026

A Malaysian national could spend the rest of his life in federal prison after being convicted of abusive sexual contact of a minor on a cruise ship.

Lay Ong, 67, was a guest aboard Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas on April 2, when he encountered the victim, 7, and a friend, 9, playing in a hallway outside their room, according to a copy of the criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the

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