SINGAPORE: Two men were jailed on Friday for having sex with underage Vietnamese prostitutes.
54-year-old Wee Lian Kee, a subcontractor, was jailed nine weeks for paying a girl, who was then 16 years old, for sex.
46-year-old Yee Yew
Seng was jailed three months and one week for having paid sex with a
girl, who was then 17 years old. Yee, a former storeman, was also found
guilty of a second charge of theft.
He stole various electronic items, including fans and cordless jug, from a store at Shunli Industrial Complex in May this year.
Wee
and Yee are part of the six men who were previously charged with paying
for sex with Vietnamese girls, aged between 16 and 17, in July 2011.
Court documents revealed that both men met the Vietnamese girls on separate occasions in Geylang.
When
they asked about the girls' ages, they were told that the girls were of
age. However, the court heard that the men did not verify the ages.
Both men later paid them between S$180 and S$200 for their sexual services at nearby hotels.
Previously
in mitigation, Wee's lawyer had said that his client was "careless" in
trusting the girl's claim of her age. Wee, a father-of-three, was also
said to be "shocked and frightened".
Also pleading for leniency, Yee's lawyer on Friday told the court that Yee was remorseful.
For having paid sex with underage girls, both men could be jailed up to seven years and fined.
-CNA/ac
Amazing! this girl's prices like the stock market! The ah Pek types buy low and the elite and professionals buy high. Why the elities always overpay for whatever they buy?
They are too rich to hunt for bargains.
the girls how they get into singapore? employment passes? social visits? i wonder
Ease of travel within ASEAN countries.
At present only Thai girls have problem coming into Singapore like that.