38-year-old woman gets jail for living on prostitute’s earnings; crime detected after police responded to unrelated call

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SINGAPORE — A woman's involvement in vice-related activities was inadvertently uncovered by the police when they responded to a call for assistance after a member of the public saw her standing on the third-floor ledge of a residential unit in Jalan Besar.

inadvertently uncovered by the police when they responded to a call for help after someone saw her standing on a third-floor ledge of a residential unit in Jalan Besar.

On Monday , 38-year-old Sukphansa, who is from Thailand, pleaded guilty to a single charge under the Women's Charter for knowingly living on the earnings of the prostitution of another person.A second charge under the Immigration Act for overstaying after the expiry of her visit pass was also taken into consideration during sentencing.

In this new role, Sukphansa was tasked to clean and run errands, which included obtaining daily supplies for prostitutes, and assisting with the collection of earnings from the prostitutes who live in the syndicate's two residential units in Jalan Besar and Orchard area. Court documents did not state the type of residence for both units.In addition to that, she was told her pay of S$100 will be drawn from the prostitution earnings for each day that they were collected.

Sukphansa officially started work on April 1 where she handled the earnings and client records of four prostitutes, including the witness from whom she had received S$400 of her pay.

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