Forty-four men were charged in court on Monday with commercial sex with an underage girl.
The men, from all walks of life, are between 21 and 48 and face between one and four charges each. Most of them were represented by lawyers.
The then principal of a primary school school Lee Lip Hong, 39, was the only one to admit to the two charges of having paid $500 on each of two occasions for sex with the girl under 18 at Hotel 81 Bencoolen on Sept 26 and Dec 14, 2010. His case is fixed for mention on April 27.
Foo Kim Meng, 45, is accused of four charges. He allegedly paid $500 on each occasion for sex with the underage girl at Hotel 81 Bencoolen and Strand Hotel in Bencoolen Street between October 2010 and January 2011,
Raising a preliminary objection to the charges, his lawyer, Mr Subhas Anandan who is appearing for nine others, said the charge lacked particulars as neither the girl's name nor her age was given.
The prosecution said the investigation officers had been directed by Attorney-General's Chambers not to reflect the victim's name.
Although she was not named, the charges merely said that she was a female under 18 and under the charge of one Tang Boon Thiew.
Tang's case is pending.
Among those charged was police superintendent Tan Wee Kiat, 35, formerly known as Jarrod Song Eu Loong, and ex-National Environment Agency in-house counsel Chia Kok Peng, 38, who face one charge each.
If convicted, each man can be jailed for up to seven years and fined for having commercial sex with a girl under 18. The law came into effect in 2008.
Source: ST Online
The men, from all walks of life, are between 21 and 48 and face between one and four charges each. Most of them were represented by lawyers.
The then principal of a primary school school Lee Lip Hong, 39, was the only one to admit to the two charges of having paid $500 on each of two occasions for sex with the girl under 18 at Hotel 81 Bencoolen on Sept 26 and Dec 14, 2010. His case is fixed for mention on April 27.
Foo Kim Meng, 45, is accused of four charges. He allegedly paid $500 on each occasion for sex with the underage girl at Hotel 81 Bencoolen and Strand Hotel in Bencoolen Street between October 2010 and January 2011,
Raising a preliminary objection to the charges, his lawyer, Mr Subhas Anandan who is appearing for nine others, said the charge lacked particulars as neither the girl's name nor her age was given.
The prosecution said the investigation officers had been directed by Attorney-General's Chambers not to reflect the victim's name.
Although she was not named, the charges merely said that she was a female under 18 and under the charge of one Tang Boon Thiew.
Tang's case is pending.
Among those charged was police superintendent Tan Wee Kiat, 35, formerly known as Jarrod Song Eu Loong, and ex-National Environment Agency in-house counsel Chia Kok Peng, 38, who face one charge each.
If convicted, each man can be jailed for up to seven years and fined for having commercial sex with a girl under 18. The law came into effect in 2008.
Source: ST Online
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