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Nobunaga Oda
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Jul 26, 2011
Fined $17,000 for operating prostitution ring
By Khushwant Singh
HE AND his accomplice collected $12,590 from the earnings of three prostitutes in less than two months in early 2011. All this came to an abrupt end with his arrest at his Yishun flat on Feb 8 following a tip-off.
On Tuesday, a district court fined Alan Heng Wei Kuang $17,000. The 26-year-old pleaded guilty to managing a brothel, living on immoral earnings and abetting Low Yinn Loong, 23, in receiving a Thai prostitute on Jan 1, 2011.
The court heard in late 2009, Heng got a Thai contact to arrange for prostitutes to come here. To get customers, he uploaded pictures of the women on websites he created as well as on www.sammyboy.com and www.laksaboy.com.
In December last year, he roped in Low, agreeing to pay him $50 a day. On his instructions, the accomplice would receive prostitutes at the airport, check them into hotels and collect payment for their services.
The duo jointly managed three Thai women aged between 26 and 29 years, operating in rooms in Hotel Grand Chancellor in Little India. Between Jan 1 and Feb 8 this year, Low collected $12,590 from them.
After paying himself, he gave the rest to Heng. But defence counsel Mervyn Tan argued that his client used the money to pay medical bills for the treatment of diabetes and hyperlipidemia, which refers to elevated concentrations of lipids in the plasma.
Low was fined $16,000 last month.
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