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.
