Hotel 81 licensee charged

[Taishi Ci]

Aug 3, 2010
Hotel 81 licensee charged

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Chu Poh Yong is the second budget hotel licensee to be charged with vice activities. -- ST PHOTO: SHAHRIYA YAHAYA

ANOTHER hotel licensee was brought to court on Tuesday for permitting prostitutes to use the rooms to ply their trade. Chu Poh Yong, 41, general manager of Hotel 81 chain, is accused of five charges of contravening a regulation of the Hotel Licensing Rules at Hotel 81 Cosy at Jiak Chuan Road off Keong Saik Road and Hotel 81 Mayo at Jalan Besar between April and June this year. He is the second budget hotel licensee to be charged with vice activities.

Siah Chen Long, 52, owner and licensee of Shing Hotel, has pleaded guilty to a similar offence at its Kitchener Road premises. He is due to be sentenced on Wednesday and may lose his licence. In Chu's case, the prosecution said that police were still investigating and more charges may be preferred. If convicted, Chu, who is represented, faces a fine of up to $1,000 on each charge. The case will be mentioned again on Aug 31.

 

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Hotel 81 licensee charged for allowing his room to be used for prostitution activitie


Hotel 81 licensee charged for allowing his room to be used for prostitution activities
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SINGAPORE: A licensee of Hotel 81 has been charged with five counts of allowing his rooms to be used for prostitution activities.

41-year-old Chu Poh Yong from the popular budget hotel chain is believed to have committed the offences at two of its branches between April 27 and June 19 this year.

They are Hotel 81 Cosy at Jiak Chuan Road in the Chinatown area and Hotel 81 Mayo at Jalan Besar.

Chu will be back in court on August 31.

He isn't the first budget hotel licensee to be hauled to court for allegedly allowing sex workers to operate in his property.

52-year-old Siah Chen Long who runs Shing Hotel at Kitchener Road in Little India pleaded guilty to a similar offence in April this year.

A licensee who knowingly allows sex workers to ply their trade within his property breaches the Hotels Licensing Regulations.

He could be fined up to S$1,000.

For a second or subsequent conviction, the licensee could be fined the maximum S$2,000.

The hotel's certificates of registration may be cancelled or suspended.

Its licenses may also be cancelled. - CNA/vm