SINGAPORE: Two India nationals have been charged with living off
the earnings of four India national women who worked as prostitutes
in Singapore.
The men - Balakrishnan Tamil Selvan, 28, and Kannaiya
Ananthaprabu, 25 - are believed to have committed the offences
between February and April this year.
Balakrishnan is also accused of procuring two of the women in
February 2013 to work as prostitutes in Singapore.
The maximum penalty for procuring women to Singapore for
prostitution is five years' jail and a S$10,000 fine.
For living off the earnings of a prostitute, each man faces up
to five years' jail and a S$10,000 fine.
The case will be heard again on 29 April.
- CNA/ck