Twenty-four arrested for advertising sexual services online

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Twenty-four arrested for advertising sexual services online

Published on Mar 5, 2015 9:40 AM

Twenty-four suspects, believed to be part of an online prostitution syndicate, have been arrested on Tuesday for their suspected involvement in online vice. -- PHOTO: ST FILE

By Lester Hio

SINGAPORE - Twenty-four suspects, believed to be part of an online prostitution syndicate, have been arrested for their suspected involvement in online vice.

The syndicate had advertised sexual services online, preliminary investigations show. Six men and 18 women, aged between 19 and 64, were arrested during island-wide investigations on Tuesday conducted by officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

The suspects were operating from Geylang, Hougang, Bishan and Jurong West. A number of computers, mobile phones and about $270,000 in cash were seized.

Four suspects - a 21-year-old woman and three men aged between 27 and 51 - will be charged on Thursday and if found guilty face a jail term of up to five years and a fine of up to $10,000.

Investigations against the remaining suspects are ongoing.

Superintendent Lawrence Eng, head of specialised crimes branch of the CID, said: "Online vice operators who assume that they can hide through the anonymity offered by the Internet to commit criminal offences should think twice."

"We will find them and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law."

 

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Four suspected members of online vice ring charged

Published on Mar 5, 2015 1:56 PM

Two of the suspects are Tan Teck Seng (left) and Kelvin Lim Qi Xian (right), both 27, who were charged with knowingly living off the earnings of a 22-year-old Vietnamese prostitute. -- ST PHOTOS: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Amir Hussain

SINGAPORE - Four people believed to be part of an online vice ring were charged for offences under the Women's Charter on Thursday.

The suspects are a 20-year-old Vietnamese woman and three Singaporean men aged 27 to 51.

Two of the men, Tan Teck Seng and Kelvin Lim Qi Xian, both 27, were charged with knowingly living off the earnings of a 22 year-old Vietnamese prostitute.

The other two suspects, Tan Tian Sze, 51, and Luong Thi Thu Ngan, 20, were charged with receiving the same woman into Singapore on Monday, knowing that she had been procured for the purpose of prostitution within the country.

The case will be mentioned in court again on March 26, after the police asked for further investigations to be conducted and more charges to be filed.

The suspects were arrested on Tuesday in an islandwide blitz against a vice syndicate believed to have advertised sexual services online.

A total of 24 people were nabbed by Criminal Investigation Department officers in the crackdown in areas such as Geylang, Hougang, Bishan and Jurong West.

Cash amounting to about $270,000 was seized, along with computers and cell phones.

Investigations are ongoing against the remaining three men and 17 women arrested, aged 19 to 64.

If convicted of their respective offences, the four who have been charged each faces up to five years in jail and a fine of up to $10,000.

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Scumbags! Women open their holes, these lazy sinkies collect money. Bloody hell can't get proper jobs. They are all going to hell.