The Police have arrested four women and two men during an operation that was conducted from 19 to 20 April 2016.
During the 14-hour operation, officers from Ang Mo Kio Division conducted various raids in Yishun. Four women and one man were arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities while another man was arrested for possession of obscene videos. Cash, mobile phones, credit cards and related documents were also seized during the operation.
Preliminary investigations revealed that two of the suspects are believed to be leaders of a vice syndicate that operates in residential areas. 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
20 April 2016 @ 2:45 PM