by Khushwant Singh
A NANYANG Polytechnic student was on Monday ordered to serve 1
1/2 years of probation for living off three Geylang prostitutes.
Wong Jiong Yang, 18, also admitted to managing a place of
assignation, or the contact point for customers seeking the
services of the prostitutes.
The first-year mechatronics
student had pleaded guilty last month. Sentencing was
adjourned to evaluate Wong's suitability for rehabilitation.
Probation was recommended and on Monday, District Judge Soh Tze
Bian ordered Wong to start off with four months of intensive
probation, during which he will be electronically tagged. He would
also have to do 100 hours of community service. Wong's parents have
to place a $5,000 bond to ensure his good behaviour.
His father told reporters that he was glad his son had been
arrested before the youth sank deeper into crime.
Wong was picked up after three Thai prostitutes, aged between 22
and 27, were arrested in a Geylang lodging house on Jan 24. They
told police Wong was their pimp, and he was brought in.
Investigations revealed that he had been recruited by an
unidentified man called Zen through an Internet chatroom in
December last year. The polytechnic student made $5 for every $50
that he collected from each customer. The court heard that he spent
the money on his daily expenses.
mechatronics student - think I
get the right person, if u refer to my early post, i had indicate
that he is a PR doing Mechatronics. Guess the media get it
wrong and quote him as Singaporean, or nowadays they consider PR as
Singaporean already?
