22 years’ jail for man who raped girl, 13

Just as they were about to reach his home, Foong’s mother phoned him to say she would be home soon.

He then took the girl to a staircase landing at a nearby block, where he raped her.

During the sex acts, Foong began to smoke, and burned the victim’s buttocks with his lit cigarette, leaving burn marks.

He also choked the victim, causing her to become light-headed. He later took her to his home, where they engaged in further sex acts.

After sex, Foong asked the victim to lend him around $200 to $300, and suggested that she have sex with other men in exchange for money.

To convince her, he said that she “would be losing out” if she did not because other people charged men for sexual services. He also suggested that she could charge more for customers who refused to use a condom.

After the girl agreed to help Foong by providing sexual services, he gave her a list that detailed how much she should charge for sexual acts.

Foong then publicised the victim’s Telegram username and her offer of sexual services on two online platforms.

Sometime before June 5, 2023, he stopped publicising the victim’s details as he became lazy, and the girl wanted to take a break from providing sexual services.

Foong received about $3,000 from her earnings, either in cash or through Paylah from various strangers.

He also continued to meet the girl for sex.

Between June 1 and June 5, 2023, he threatened to leak her naked pictures and videos online if she did not give him $5,000.

On June 5, the victim met a man in Bedok, but he did not pay her after they had sex.

When she texted Foong to apologise, he told her to “chill”. They met for sex at his home, but she left after he slapped her.

In the early morning of July 9, Foong came across videos of the victim while scrolling a channel on Telegram focused on sexual content, and forwarded them to her.

He told her to go to his place, and they had sex at a staircase landing of the block.

Later that day, the victim texted Foong, saying she was afraid of becoming pregnant.

The next morning, the victim told her mother that she had been raped. On the same day, the woman lodged a police report and Foong was arrested.

Deputy Public Prosecutors Nicholas Wuan and Mavis Ng sought a sentence of 22 to 26 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane.

The prosecutors said in sentencing submissions that Foong was a sexual predator who used an underage victim to satisfy his violent and lustful fetishes over a period of two months and exploited her naivety for his financial benefit.