The Police have arrested eight women, aged 25 to 47, during an operation that was conducted on 26 October 2016.
During the 13-hour operation, officers from Ang Mo Kio Division conducted raids in the Hougang and Kovan. Eight women were arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities. Cash amounting to S$780, mobile phones, and related documents were also seized during the operation.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects had advertised sexual services online and operated within the rented residential units. Investigations are ongoing.
Any person who contravenes the offence of being the tenant, lessee or occupier or person in charge of a brothel and the offence of keeping, managing or assisting in the management of a brothel under Section 148 of the Women’s Charter, Chapter 353, are liable on conviction to a fine of up to a maximum of $10,000, or to imprisonment of up to five years, or both. In addition, any person who contravenes the offence of knowingly lives wholly or in part on the earnings of the prostitution of another person, e.g. receiving rental earnings from the prostitutes, is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding S$10,000.
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
27 October 2016 @ 5:30 PM