SINGAPORE: A man who financed a brothel business with the money his mother received from selling her flat was given six months and nine weeks' jail on Friday .
Wee asked Tan if he wanted to contribute S$5,000 into the brothel business and receive 40 per cent of the profits in return.With the first S$5,000, the pair rented a unit in Race Course Road and enlisted a third man - Toh Lye Thiam, 61 - to act as a"dua pek gong" or a fall guy.Tan acted as the financer of the operation, investing money to rent residential units that were later sublet to sex workers from China. In total, he earned S$7,500 from the business.
After trying this out for a month, the woman felt the business was"not good"."Under the advice of her friend, she became a prostitute," said Deputy Public Prosecutor Marcus Foo. On Apr 10, 2018, immigration and police officers conducted a joint operation at the unit and found two sex workers and Toh.Toh was earlier given six months and four weeks' jail and a fine of S$2,600, while Wee was given 16 months and two weeks' jail and a fine of S$53,000.The prosecutor sought nine months' jail for Tan, saying that he"was the very basis by which this illegitimate venture could come into being".