SINGAPORE: A former security consultant was jailed
four months on Tuesday for having sex with an underaged Vietnamese
prostitute.
49-year-old Winson Chan Swee Teck was found guilty
of paying the girl S$100 for her sexual services.
The girl, who is now 17 years old, cannot be named
to protect her identity.
Chan is one of three men who were earlier charged for having
commerical sex with the same girl.
Chan, who is divorced, had sex with her at a hotel at Lorong 28
Geylang in July 2011. This was after the girl lied that she was 20
years ago and refused to show him her passport.
The first of the trio to be sentenced for the offence was a former
land and estate executive with the Singapore Land Authority.
57-year-old Kum Chin Tiong, was sentenced to nine months jail in
January after he pleaded guilty to paying S$100 for sex with the
girl.
A third man, 55-year-old Yeo Joo Meng, a store personnel, also
allegedly paid the girl between S$100 and S$130 for her sexual
services.
It is an offence to pay for sex with a person under 18 years of
age. If convicted, they could be jailed for up to seven years and
fined.
-CNA/ac