By Leong Wee Keat | Posted:
09 March 2011 1317 hrs
SINGAPORE: The licensee of the Hotel 81 chain - the
biggest budget hotel chain here with more than 20 hotels spanning
from Geylang to Chinatown - was granted a discharge not amounting
to an acquittal for five vice-related charges.
Chu Poh Yong, 42, general manager of the chain was originally
accused of allowing prostitutes to operate at two hotels in Jiak
Chuan Road, off Keong Saik Road, and Jalan Besar.
The alleged offences occurred between April 27 and June 10, last
year.
Under the Hotels Licensing Regulations, a licensee should not allow
anyone he knows to be a prostitute to occupy a room in the hotel or
frequent the premises.
In a short hearing on Wednesday morning, the Prosecution told the
Court it would be applying for a discharge not amounting to an
acquittal for the five charges.
However, no reasons were cited for the application.
- CNA
