Arcachon
07-11-15, 23:33
She knew every resident in the 30-unit condominium, and that was why the new tenant stuck out like a sore thumb. Almost daily, the young woman would meet men outside the condo block and take them to her apartment for an hour. This happened for a month and the observant resident had a feeling something illegal was taking place. Not wanting the building she calls home to be turned into a vice den, she called the police, who arrested the woman after a stakeout. Mary (not her real name), 50, has been living in the Little India condo for two years. She is also its management council chairman. She noticed the new tenant, a Chinese national in her early 20s, who moved in last month. The newcomer is believed to be on a student visa and studies at a private project management and engineering school. Mary, who is single, observed that soon after the new tenant moved in, men were seen loitering outside the condo block. The first man Mary noticed had said he was visiting a friend. He was later let in by the Chinese national. Mary let it pass.
But alarm bells went off the next day. While viewing closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage, Mary spotted the same woman taking different men up to her unit late at night. Soon, a pattern emerged.
More men would linger outside the condo, make a call, and the woman would take them into her apartment. About an hour later, the men would leave. Sometimes, she would accompany one man down and return to her apartment with another. Said Mary: "They were usually executives, who were well-dressed and looked well educated." There were the occasionally 50-year-olds and some in their 20s as well, she added. On some days, the woman would take as many as six men home and start as early as 10.30am. This went on for three weeks every other day. Mary went through the CCTV footage daily and carefully noted down the time stamps of strangers who entered the condo in her notebook. She filled up five pages of an A4 book. Convinced that the woman was a prostitute, Mary lodged a police report, together with the condo's managing agent Eddy Khoo, on Oct 19. Mary said: "I didn't want the condo to turn into a brothel." Mr Khoo, who is from Creation Management, was hired to manage the condo's day-to-day administration.- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/one-woman-anti-vice-squad#sthash.M0RBBh2k.dpuf
PREVIOUS HEARTLAND BROTHELS
DECEMBER 2014
Four Chinese nationals involved in vice activities in HDB estates were each jailed for 10 weeks to 12 months on Dec 12 last year.
Former bus captain Chen Ping Gen, 33, had plotted with others to live off the earnings of prostitutes and manage an HDB flat in Woodlands as a brothel. He was jailed a year.
His girlfriend, Liang Yadi, 24, was jailed 10 weeks for helping him live off the earnings of prostitutes.
Two men, Wan Jin, 24, and Jiang Ying, 29, were jailed six months and seven months, respectively.
SEPTEMBER 2014
A man and three women were arrested for allegedly carrying out prostitution activities in a Jurong West HDB flat.
Neighbours had raised concerns about a brothel operating near their homes.
JUNE 2014
Four women, aged between 17 and 26, were arrested by police for providing sexual services at an HDB flat in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6.
A man, 40, was arrested for having paid sex with a minor.
DECEMBER 2011
The New Paper uncovered a sex ring where Indonesian men offered massages that included sexual services in flats in Ang Mo Kio and Yishun.
The young men advertised their services on an online gay dating portal.
MARCH 2010
Sixty women were arrested for offences such as vice activities at 32 unlicensed massage parlours in Bedok, Tampines and Marine Parade.
Deter shady tenants with random checks, tough questions
Keeping the occupants in condos he manages safe is what Mr Eddy Khoo, 50, is determined to do.
That is why he went out of his way to monitor the suspected prostitution activities at the Little India condo and why he made the police report.
Mr Khoo told The New Paper: "Some people might find it a hassle, but we need to manage the property well. And to do that, we must make people feel safe when they are at home."
Mr Khoo owns Creation Management, the managing agent in charge of the condo where the Chinese national was arrested for alleged vice activities on Wednesday.
The three-year-old company has 15 other condos under its care.
Mr Khoo said that illegal prostitution activities occurred on at least four occasions at other condos in Balestier or Geylang under his company's management.
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/one-woman-anti-vice-squad?page=0%2C1#sthash.RRrtEqbQ.dpuf
But alarm bells went off the next day. While viewing closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage, Mary spotted the same woman taking different men up to her unit late at night. Soon, a pattern emerged.
More men would linger outside the condo, make a call, and the woman would take them into her apartment. About an hour later, the men would leave. Sometimes, she would accompany one man down and return to her apartment with another. Said Mary: "They were usually executives, who were well-dressed and looked well educated." There were the occasionally 50-year-olds and some in their 20s as well, she added. On some days, the woman would take as many as six men home and start as early as 10.30am. This went on for three weeks every other day. Mary went through the CCTV footage daily and carefully noted down the time stamps of strangers who entered the condo in her notebook. She filled up five pages of an A4 book. Convinced that the woman was a prostitute, Mary lodged a police report, together with the condo's managing agent Eddy Khoo, on Oct 19. Mary said: "I didn't want the condo to turn into a brothel." Mr Khoo, who is from Creation Management, was hired to manage the condo's day-to-day administration.- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/one-woman-anti-vice-squad#sthash.M0RBBh2k.dpuf
PREVIOUS HEARTLAND BROTHELS
DECEMBER 2014
Four Chinese nationals involved in vice activities in HDB estates were each jailed for 10 weeks to 12 months on Dec 12 last year.
Former bus captain Chen Ping Gen, 33, had plotted with others to live off the earnings of prostitutes and manage an HDB flat in Woodlands as a brothel. He was jailed a year.
His girlfriend, Liang Yadi, 24, was jailed 10 weeks for helping him live off the earnings of prostitutes.
Two men, Wan Jin, 24, and Jiang Ying, 29, were jailed six months and seven months, respectively.
SEPTEMBER 2014
A man and three women were arrested for allegedly carrying out prostitution activities in a Jurong West HDB flat.
Neighbours had raised concerns about a brothel operating near their homes.
JUNE 2014
Four women, aged between 17 and 26, were arrested by police for providing sexual services at an HDB flat in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6.
A man, 40, was arrested for having paid sex with a minor.
DECEMBER 2011
The New Paper uncovered a sex ring where Indonesian men offered massages that included sexual services in flats in Ang Mo Kio and Yishun.
The young men advertised their services on an online gay dating portal.
MARCH 2010
Sixty women were arrested for offences such as vice activities at 32 unlicensed massage parlours in Bedok, Tampines and Marine Parade.
Deter shady tenants with random checks, tough questions
Keeping the occupants in condos he manages safe is what Mr Eddy Khoo, 50, is determined to do.
That is why he went out of his way to monitor the suspected prostitution activities at the Little India condo and why he made the police report.
Mr Khoo told The New Paper: "Some people might find it a hassle, but we need to manage the property well. And to do that, we must make people feel safe when they are at home."
Mr Khoo owns Creation Management, the managing agent in charge of the condo where the Chinese national was arrested for alleged vice activities on Wednesday.
The three-year-old company has 15 other condos under its care.
Mr Khoo said that illegal prostitution activities occurred on at least four occasions at other condos in Balestier or Geylang under his company's management.
- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/one-woman-anti-vice-squad?page=0%2C1#sthash.RRrtEqbQ.dpuf