Kangaroo judges here are good at giving excuses. Rodney Sim Hang Nge had sex with the girl on Aug 3 & 5. Tan Chye Hin had sex with the girl (in between) on Aug 4. The pimps Wang Minjiang, and his nephew, Wang Youyi were screaming all over the coffee shop the girl was under-aged. Judge knows he's talking about the same hole.
>>>He took her to the Chinese Embassy and then to a police post to lodge a report, and this led to charges against him.
The judge said these facts made Sim's case different from that of Tan Chye Hin, 55, who was jailed nine months last year for having sex with the same girl.<<<
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Thu, Oct 30, 2008
The New Paper
Teens, pimp went from table to table
COFFEE, tea or me?
This was the indecent proposal from two girls from China as they went from table to table at a Geylang coffee shop, at times in broad daylight.
They were accompanied by their self-styled pimps - Chinese national Wang Minjiang, 36, and his nephew, Wang Youyi, 31.
Their selling point: The girls' youth.
One was only 17 and the other, 19. They sold their bodies for between $80 and $100.
In Singapore, you can be jailed up to seven years if you engage in commercial sex with anyone under 18.
While older China women can often be seen lingering around coffee shops in the area, pimps have not been known to make their rounds with girls in tow.
A regular at Geylang coffee shops, who wanted to be known only as Mr Tan, 51, said in Mandarin: 'It's common to see prostitutes chatting up old men, but you won't see underaged girls around here.
'Most of the prostitutes are in their 30s or 40s. The youngest ones are usually at least 21,' he said.
'Even then, if they look too young, most men would avoid them because they don't want to get into trouble.'
Geylang regulars say it is also unusual for pimps to negotiate deals with customers. The prostitutes usually negotiate directly with customers.
When The New Paper visited several coffee shops in Geylang on a weekday afternoon, the customers were mostly middle-aged or elderly men, usually with one or two Chinese women at their tables.
Some women would walk around asking the men if they could sit at their table and would try to chat with them.
The women seemed mostly in their early to mid-30s.
Seven charges
The older Wang's pimping was shortlived. About a week after his arrival, he was arrested and slapped with seven charges.
They included bringing the two women - one of whom was underaged - into Singapore for the purpose of prostitution, managing a place of assignation with his nephew, and for living in part on the earnings of a prostitute.
He also aided one customer to have sex with the underaged prostitute and committed these offences while here on a social visit pass.
He was fined $25,000 for his offences by the district court last month. He could not pay the fine and is serving a 25-week jail term in default.
He had arrived on 31 Jul and brought in the two teenagers.
According to court papers, a couple in China, known only as 'Mr Lee' and 'Pi', had arranged for Huang Pei Ying, 17, and Cai Yumei, 19, to work in Singapore as prostitutes.
Wang and his nephew were to be their pimps.
The girls paid Mr Lee 5,000 yuan ($1,100) for the arrangement.
Wang and his nephew took the girls to a coffee shop at Lorong 14 Geylang, where they would solicit for customers.
They helped the girls negotiate their fees.
The girls would check into nearby hotels to entertain their clients.
The two men would then escort the teenagers back to their lodgings at the end of each day.
For the first three days, the girls were allowed to keep their full earnings.
After that, each girl paid Wang $100 a day. He would split this money with his nephew.
To attract customers, Wang made it a point to highlight that Huang was only 17.
Sex with younger teen
On 4 Aug, Wang received a phone call from a man, Tan Chye Hin, who specified that he was interested in Huang and agreed to pay $100 for her sexual services.
Wang took Huang to the coffee shop to meet Tan. They then checked into a nearby hotel and had sex.
Two days later, on 6 Aug, Tan was arrested for having engaged in commercial sex with Huang, a minor.
Wang Youyi was arrested at the same time.
The police had found them at a flat on Sims Drive.
The two girls were arrested the following day.
Wang Minjiang was subsequently arrested and charged. One of his more serious offences was aiding Tan to engage in sex with a minor under 18 for a fee.
Court papers did not say if Tan was charged.
Since February, it has been illegal to engage in commercial sex with a minor below the age of 18. (See report, right.)
Wang pleaded for leniency, claiming that both his parents are dead and he is the sole breadwinner for his family.
He said he had come to Singapore to work, but was introduced to the trade by an agent in China.
District Judge Roy Neighbour said 'it did not appear that the offences were syndicated or organised' as it was 'Mr Lee' and 'Pi' who had arranged for the prostitutes to come here.
The girls had willingly come here to work as prostitutes.
But the judge noted that Wang 'did play an active role in the solicitation of sexual service'.
He also considered that the offences were committed over a short period and Wang's profit was only 'a small sum' of about $500 to $600.
The judge also took into account that the illegal activities were conducted not in a residential estate but from a coffee shop in Geylang, a designated 'red light' area.
Wang could have been jailed for 15 years.
This article was first published in The New Paper on Oct 29, 2008
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Dec 15, 2008
Jail for sex with teen hooker
By Elena Chong COURT CORRESPONDENT
Tan Chye Hin, 55, pleaded guilty to getting the services of the 16-year-old China prostitute in a Geylang hotel on Aug 4. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
A RENOVATION contractor was sentenced to 12 months' jail on Monday for paying $100 to an underaged prostitute for sex.
Tan Chye Hin, 55, pleaded guilty to getting the services of the 16-year-old China prostitute in a Geylang hotel on Aug 4.
The father of three is appealing against the sentence. His $12,000 bail was upped by another $6,000.
Last month, the pimp who abetted him in the offence, Wang Minjiang, 36, was similarly jailed 12 months by the High Court after the prosecution appealed against his original fine of $8,000.
Both Wang and his nephew, Wang Youyi, 31, had been fined for offences under the Women's Charter.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Karen Ang Aiping had sought at least 12 months' jail for Tan.
It was clear, she said, that the primary reason for introducing new laws in the Penal Code was to afford protection to a group of minors aged below 18 from sexual exploitation.
The Senior Minister of State (Home Affairs) Ho Peng Kee said in Parliament it was necessary for Singapore to close ranks with other countries around the world to prevent sexual exploitation of minors.
The DPP said earlier that the Wangs gave food and lodging to the the victim, now 17, and another 19-year-old China girl, who came to Singapore to work as prostitutes.
They took the two girls to a Geylang coffeeshop to wait for customers to approach them.
At times, the Wangs would help the girls in negotiating the charges for sex. Customers were charged $80 to $100 for each booking.
The two men tried to boost their business by telling people that the younger victim was only 17 years old.
On Aug 4, Minjiang received a call from Tan who said he wanted to have sex with the younger girl.
Tan came and took the victim to a nearby hotel where he paid $100 to her for sex. He could have been jailed for up to seven years and fined.
Third man also guilty
The third man involved in the commercial sex case for paying an underage prostitute for her services also pleaded guilty on Monday.
Rodney Sim Hang Nge, 61, an accountant, admitted to paying the 16-year-old girl, a Chinese national, $100 for sex at a hotel in Joo Chiat Road on Aug 3, and at another hotel two days later.
Last month Wang Minjiang, 36, became the first person to be jailed for 12 months for abetting Tan Chye Hin, 55, in commercial sex involving the same girl on Aug 4.
The High Court set aside his $8,000 fine and replaced it with a jail sentence, stating that 'a more rigorous sentence might be needed to discourage international prostitution involving persons the law regards as young and vulnerable''.
Tan, who pleaded guilty earlier in the same court and was sentenced to 12 months by District Judge Jeffrey Sim, is appealing against the sentence.
In Sim's case, Deputy Public Prosecutor Karen Ang Aiping said that the father of two was having coffee at a coffeeshop in Lorong 14 Geylang on the evening of Aug 3 when he saw the victim with Wang sitting at a table.
He smiled at the girl, who later signalled him over to her table.
When he asked how much she was charging for sex, Wang quoted $100.
Sim tried to bargain it down to $80 but was told by Wang that the girl had just arrived and was 'different'' from the other girls.
He agreed to pay her $100 for her services and drove her to the hotel in Joo Chiat where they had sex.
Two days later he contacted Wang and arranged to have sex again with the victim.
After sex, he bought her a pre-paid phone card and some fruit at her request. He also paid her $30.
His lawyer, Mr Shashi Nathan, will present a mitigation plea on his behalf on Jan 7.
