SINGAPORE – A full-time national serviceman (NSF) with the Singapore Police Force (SPF) offered cash to two 16-year-old boys and asked if he could perform sexual acts on them.
Both boys, identified in court documents as A1 and A2, turned down Muhammad Shafirul Danish Muhammad Shaffie’s offers, and he was arrested in July.
While out on bail, he made a similar offer to a 15-year-old boy identified as A5, who also turned him down.
On Nov 26, Shafirul, 19, pleaded guilty to two counts of communicating with a young person below 18 years old to try and obtain sexual services from him.
The offender also admitted to a harassment charge. The Straits Times has contacted SPF to find out if he is still with the force.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Lewis Tan told the court that Shafirul befriended A1 on Instagram in November 2024.
A1 told him his age, and during a face-to-face meeting in March, Shafirul borrowed $45 from the boy.
But instead of repaying the victim the following month, Shafirul repeatedly offered to perform a sexual act on him.
He even offered $200 to A1, who turned him down.
The DPP said: “Subsequently, the accused pretended to be someone called ‘Izz Syah’, offered to book a Grab vehicle for A1, and sent A1 a photo of four pieces of $50 notes totalling $200 to show that he had the means to pay A1.
“A1 nonetheless knew that it was the accused messaging him. A1 again rejected the accused’s offer and asked the accused to return him the $45.”
Shafirul said that he would not repay A1 unless the victim accepted his offer. A1 continued to turn him down and stopped communicating with him soon after.
