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Apr 20, 2010
Hotel boss charged for vice
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A total of 7,614 female foreigners were arrested islandwide for vice-related activities in 2009, compared with 5,047 arrests in 2008. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
IN THE first case of its kind, police have brought charges against a budget hotel licensee for knowingly facilitating vice activities within the hotel's premises, in a signal to errant hotel operators to clean up their act. On Feb 10, police conducted a check on a hotel located along Kitchener Road and arrested two woman foreigners who were believed to be involved in vice activities. The women were found in the company of male clients in the room and were believed to be offering sexual services for a fee.
Investigations revealed that the hotel staff had knowingly allowed the female foreigners to ply their trade within the hotel's premises. Under regulation 24(1) of the Hotels Licensing Regulations, no licensee of a hotel shopuld allow any person whom he knows or has reason to believe is a prostitute to occupy a room in the hotel or to frequent the premises. Offenders can be fined up to $1,000 and up to $2,000 for a second or subsequent conviction. A total of 7,614 female foreigners were arrested islandwide for vice-related activities in 2009, compared with 5,047 arrests in 2008.
Hotel boss charged for vice
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A total of 7,614 female foreigners were arrested islandwide for vice-related activities in 2009, compared with 5,047 arrests in 2008. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
IN THE first case of its kind, police have brought charges against a budget hotel licensee for knowingly facilitating vice activities within the hotel's premises, in a signal to errant hotel operators to clean up their act. On Feb 10, police conducted a check on a hotel located along Kitchener Road and arrested two woman foreigners who were believed to be involved in vice activities. The women were found in the company of male clients in the room and were believed to be offering sexual services for a fee.
Investigations revealed that the hotel staff had knowingly allowed the female foreigners to ply their trade within the hotel's premises. Under regulation 24(1) of the Hotels Licensing Regulations, no licensee of a hotel shopuld allow any person whom he knows or has reason to believe is a prostitute to occupy a room in the hotel or to frequent the premises. Offenders can be fined up to $1,000 and up to $2,000 for a second or subsequent conviction. A total of 7,614 female foreigners were arrested islandwide for vice-related activities in 2009, compared with 5,047 arrests in 2008.