The Singapore Police Force(SPF) is investigating 9 massage operators after a raid was conducted at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, Brighton Crescent, Hougang Avenue 8, Upper Paya Lebar Road, and Yio Chu Kang Road.
The two women who were arrested under the Women’s Charter are 37 and 45 years old. The nationality of the women was not reported,
The Police said:
“The police have been consistently taking enforcement action at massage establishments to suppress vice and other illicit activities. Perpetrators will be dealt with in accordance with the law.”
Under the Women’s Charter, any person who knowingly solicits, receives or agrees to receive any gratification as an inducement or reward for providing any service, and who by providing that service does or will aid the prostitution of another person (being a woman or girl), shall be guilty of an offence, and shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years and a fine not exceeding $100,000.
All property owners also have a responsibility to ensure that such illicit activities do not take place in their properties. They should exercise vigilance and look out for suspicious or dubious tenants.
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