Man jailed for sex with underage prostitute
Published on Apr 25, 2012
Yeo is the third man convicted of having sex with the Vietnamese girl, 16. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
He turns 56 on Wednesday, but Yeo Joo Meng will be celebrating his birthday behind bars after he was sentenced to four months in jail for having sex with an underage Vietnamese prostitute.
The warehouse assistant on Tuesday became the third man to be convicted of sleeping with the 16-year-old. Yeo pleaded guilty to paying her $100 for their tryst at a Geylang hotel.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Sabrina Choo told the court he met the girl at a coffee shop in the Geylang area in late 2010.
Noticing that she looked young, he asked for her age and she replied that she was 20. He told her she looked only 18 or 19 and asked to see her passport, but she refused.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.