POLICE in Singapore launched a blitz on vice-related establishments last week, leading to the arrests of 75 people over the span of four days.
In a statement, the Singapore Police Force said the operation, which involved eight massage parlors and eight entertainment outlets, was conducted between June 23 and 26.
The police from the Tanglin Division raided outlets at Orchard Road, Upper Thomson Road, Upper Paya Lebar Road and Balestier Road, according to Channel News Asia.
The authorities said 66 women and nine men, aged between 19 and 51, were nabbed for various criminal offences. They were also alleged to have committed several employment-related offences.
Six unlicensed massage parlors and three entertainment outlets also faced action for breaching license conditions.
“These operations are part of (the) police’s ongoing enforcement efforts against crime and licensing infringements at unlicensed massage establishments and public entertainment outlets,” the authorities said, as quoted by Channel News Asia.
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Meanwhile, a Singapore para-athlete was sentenced to 38 months in jail for his involvement in vice-related activities.
37-year-old Adam Kamis, who is also known as the “one-armed runner”, was also convicted of recruiting a 16-year-old girl for sexual exploitation.
According to The Straits Times, Adam had run a small sexual escort agency called SG Freelancers which gained the interest of several women who he had sex with in his Yishun flat.
The 34 women who expressed interest in taking up work with the agency were recruited via social media and were asked to conduct “testing” sessions with him before they were employed to entertain clients.
However, in the span of 2 and a half years since starting the agency in 2003, Adam had only gained five clients and had not earned any commission, a Singapore court heard.
Regarding the sexual exploitation charge, the court heard that Adam had unprotected sex with the 16-year-old girl on the pretext of testing her “skills”. Adam had told the girl that “nobody will find out” about the incident despite the girl’s reluctance.
Adam told the girl to charge clients $500 (US$368) for each session, half of which would go back to the agency.
Adam, who lost an arm in a motorcycle accident in 2003, was a gold medalist for the 1,500m event at the 2009 Asean Para Games, and has represented the country in the Commonwealth games.
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