61-year-old to be charged with failing to ensure his employee does not provide sexual services
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SINGAPORE: A 61-year-old man will be charged on Wednesday (May 5) with failing to ensure his employee does not provide sexual services at a massage parlour.
In the afternoon of Aug 12 last year, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) conducted enforcement operations at a massage establishment along Jalan Kayu.
"Through follow-up investigations, officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division established that the man had purportedly failed to ensure that his employee does not provide sexual services," said SPF on Tuesday.
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He will be charged under the Massage Establishments Rules 2018. If found guilty, he could be fined up to S$5,000.
If he is a repeat offender, he could be fined up to S$10,000, jailed for up to two years, or both.
"The police take a serious view against any person who may be involved in such illicit business operations and perpetrators will be dealt with in accordance with the law," said SPF.
