6 arrested for suspected vice activities
AsiaOne
Sunday, May 05, 2013
SINGAPORE - Police have arrested 4 women, aged 27 to 33, for suspected involvement in vice-related activities from a shop offering facial services as a front. Two other men were also arrested at the premises - one of them for being the owner and the other for his possession of obscene material.
Through extensive enquiries and follow-up investigations, on May 4, 2013, officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division mounted an operation and raided a shop located along Upper Serangoon Road, resulting in the arrests. Preliminarily investigations revealed that illicit activities were advertised in the newspapers and online forums where potential customers could book its services. Transaction records and cash amounting to $1,455 were seized as case exhibits during the raid.
Investigations against all subjects are ongoing.
Any person who knowingly lives wholly or in part on earnings of the prostitution of another person is liable on conviction to a fine of up to $10,000, or to imprisonment of up to 5 years, or both.
Any man who is convicted of a second or subsequent offence under this provision shall, in addition to any term of imprisonment imposed in respect of such offence, be liable to caning.
Commander of Ang Mo Kio Police Division, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Keok Tong San commended his officers for their perseverance and commitment in crime fighting. He added that this is part of Police's ongoing enforcement efforts to clamp down on vice activities and a warning that those who conduct such illicit activities will be dealt with in accordance with the law.
[email protected]
