wo men were charged on Thursday with paying an under-18 Vietnamese girl for sex.
Yeo Joo Meng, 55, a store personnel, is accused of two counts of paying the 16-year-old girl for her sexual services at Lorong 28 Geylang. He allegedly paid her $130 on the first occasion in end-2010, and $100 in July this year.
Yeo, represented by Mr Andrew Tan Tiong Gee, will return to court on Dec 29.
In the same court, Winson Chan Swee Teck, 49, is said to have had paid $100 for sex with the same girl at Lorong 28 Geylang in July this year.
His lawyer Abdul Jalil Muhammad Tahir, said he had just been briefed and sought an adjournment to take instructions and make representations.
Chan's next court date is Dec 22.
It is a crime to have paid sex with a person under 18. The law came into effect in February 2008.
If convicted, both can be jailed for up to seven years and/or fined.
Source: ST Online
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