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Dec 15, 2008
Jail for sex with teen hooker<!--10 min-->
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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
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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.
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Dec 15, 2008
Jail for sex with teen hooker<!--10 min-->
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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
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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.
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