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While it is usual to see teenagers in Singapore gathering in
chalets for barbecues or birthday celebrations, some of their peers
get together only to engage in sex and drug parties.
Once intoxicated after a cocktail of alcohol and illegal drugs,
some of these teens, which include girls as young as 14, engage in
sexual intimacy -- from heavy petting to intercourse.
It is understood that such chalets stays are organised by some
members of gangs in Singapore, and that they are getting more
common.
An 18-year-old former gangster who wanted to be known as John
told The New Paper, "We would tell our parents that we were going
for a barbecue, but we didn't even take any charcoal or chicken
wings with us."
While he had attended such sex-and-drug orgies twice, John — who
left the gang last year after he was arrested for theft — claimed
that he has not taken part in such vices.
"I don't do drugs, so I would go home when the rest got too
'high' and became violent or started taking their clothes off,"
said John, adding that most of the gang members at these parties
were in their teens.
Speaking in a mixture of Mandarin and Hokkien, John described
the girls who take part in the parties as either "lor kway"
(Hokkien for streetwalker) or some of them "ah dai" (fools).
The former are girls considered to have loose morals, while "ah
dai" refers to newbies who attend the chalet parties without
knowing that drugs and sex are involved.
As they were under the influence of drugs such as ketamine and
"ice", some of the teens have no recollection of their experiences
the night before.
The parties would usually have more males than females, said
former gangsters. Such situations occasionally lead to several men
sharing one woman and can even result in gang rape.
When morning comes, they pack their bags and check out of their
unit. The guys may go through the same routine a few months later
with new girls, or "fresh meat" as they are called.
A 28-year-old former gang member turned social worker, who
wanted to be known as Peter, said he has not seen such a gang rape
before, but he has heard of four or five such incidents among his
former circle of friends.
"It is not just happening in chalets...such activities can also
take place in pub shophouses or in the homes of the gang members,"
he added.
However, John pointed out that not all chalet outings organised
by his gangster friends involved sex and drugs.
Parents to be blamed?
Meanwhile, social workers said they have counseled those who
have engaged in such vices as part of their gang activities.
Those involved may not necessarily come from broken or
low-income families, a common stereotype in the past, they said.
But they noted that such teens usually suffer from an emotional
emptiness at home.
"Some parents give too little affection and neglect their
children because they are busy, while others give too much
attention because they are authoritative," said Faith Png, 39, a
social worker with YouthReach.
"Both will drive their children to seek freedom and love outside
of the family and sometimes, the children befriend gangsters."
Executive director of Singapore Children's Society Alfred Tan,
50, blamed the media's portrayal of casual sex and easy access to
pornography as resulting in the country's youth to become more
promiscuous than in the past.
"This is a worrying trend as there may be peer pressure to have
sex. Instead of being harsh to their children, parents should get
to know their friends," he told TNP.
On the other hand, chalet operators said that they have not come
across sex-and-drug-parties on their premises.
Manager of Goldkist Beach Resort at East Coast Park Vikas Gupta,
22, said that the management has not encountered any such incidents
thus far.
Steven Tang, director of Costa Sands Resort — which has two
outlets in Pasir Ris and one in Sentosa — echoed the same thing,
adding that it has always been its practice to increase security
presence during peak hours.
"It has always been our practice to step up our security
presence during our peak periods, such as the June school holidays,
to deal with the additional visitors," he said.
The frequency of security patrols in GoldKist Beach Resort will
also increase by 50 percent during peak periods, said Vikas.
It is illegal to have sex with children under the age of 16. If
the victims are between 12 and 14 years old, it is considered
statutory rape and offenders can be jailed up to 20 years and fined
or caned.
If the victim is above 14 but below 16, offenders can be jailed
up to five years and fined $10,000 for carnal connection. The
maximum penalty for rape is 20 years' jail with possible
caning.
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