{"id":84932,"date":"2026-09-14T21:49:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T13:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=84932"},"modified":"2026-09-14T21:49:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T13:49:59","slug":"woman-involved-in-prostituting-minors-to-be-assessed-for-reformative-training-man-jailed-for-engaging-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=84932","title":{"rendered":"Woman involved in prostituting minors to be assessed for reformative training; man jailed for engaging service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary article-summary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 A reformative training centre suitability report has been called for a woman who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/8-men-1-woman-to-be-charged-with-sexual-exploitation-of-minors?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">exploited two underage girls for prostitution and lived off their earnings<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The woman, 20, cannot be named to protect the identity of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/8-men-aged-23-to-41-charged-with-obtaining-commercial-sex-from-16-year-old-girl?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\"> two girls, who were around 16 years old<\/span><\/a> at the time of the offences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She will return to court on Oct 22 to be sentenced after pleading guilty on Sept 14 to three charges<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">They included recruiting a person for the purpose of exploitation, receiving payment in connection with the exploitation of a trafficked victim, and living on the earnings of the prostitution of another person.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">During reformative training, young offenders are detained in a centre to undergo a strict regimen that can include foot drills and counselling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Court documents show that the woman got to know the first victim in January 2024 and she was under the impression that the girl was 15 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On Jan 15, 2024, the <!-- -->girl<!-- --> told the woman she wanted to provide sexual services for money. The woman agreed to help<!-- --> <!-- -->her look for clients in exchange for the girl buying her food.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The woman used her Telegram account to advertise the <!-- -->girl\u2019s<!-- --> services and quickly received two messages from potential clients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The girl was paid $100 by each man after performing a sex act on them. She used part of her earnings to buy clothes and food for the woman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The second victim, who was 16 years old, befriended the woman through Instagram in May 2023. The woman knew the girl\u2019s age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On Feb 5, 2024, the girl contacted the woman after she saw a boy on the woman\u2019s Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The girl told the woman she found the boy attractive. The woman said she could introduce the boy to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The girl met the woman at the boy\u2019s home that day. The woman told her the boy owed a personal debt to his ex-girlfriend and said the girl could help him repay the debt by performing paid sexual acts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The woman told the girl she<!-- --> <!-- -->should help the boy if she loved him, to which the girl agreed. The woman also asked the girl not to tell the boy of the arrangement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The woman advertised the girl\u2019s sexual services on Telegram and she performed sexual acts for clients, who paid cash or via PayNow to the woman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The woman paid for the girl\u2019s food and asked her to sleep at the staircase landings near the woman\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In total, the woman received $1,435 in exchange for her exploitation of the second girl between Feb 10 and Feb 22, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On Sept 14, one of the customers<!-- --> <!-- -->was sentenced to four weeks\u2019 jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Syahirul Daud Abdul Razak, 26, had pleaded guilty to one count of obtaining the sexual services of the younger girl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He admitted to have paid $30 for the girl to perform a sex act on him at an HDB staircase landing. The prosecution said Syahirul did not check the girl\u2019s age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">After the sex act, he took the girl to his van and drove to a more secluded area to have sex, although he did not end up committing the act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Syahirul was one of eight men charged on Aug 3 with obtaining commercial sex from the two girls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">An offender who obtains paid sexual services from those below 18 years of age can be jailed for up to seven years, fined, or both.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/woman-involved-in-prostituting-minors-to-be-assessed-for-reformative-training-man-jailed-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A reformative training centre suitability report has been called for a woman who exploited two underage girls for prostitution and lived off their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}