Pimp jailed 35 months, fined S$98,000
SINGAPORE – A 40-year-old man who ran nine pubs and one of the Republic’s largest vice syndicates was sentenced to 35 months’ jail and fined S$98,000 today (Oct 13).
SINGAPORE – A 40-year-old man who ran nine pubs and one of the Republic’s largest vice syndicates was sentenced to 35 months’ jail and fined S$98,000 today (Oct 13).
Ang Boon Seng pleaded guilty to 43 charges, another 189 charges were taken into consideration. District Judge Lim Keng Yeow also imposed a S$3,600 disgorgement payment on Ang.
The State Courts heard that between June 2009 and August last year, Ang opened a total of nine pubs and made a total profit of at least S$1.08 million over the course of his business.
Of which, 40 per cent was estimated to have come from prostitution earnings. His monthly profits ranged between S$27,000 and S$60,000.
Ang started Tokyo Drift at Orchard Plaza in June 2009.
His Filipino wife, Anne Asuncion Ylarde, 31, was sentenced to 10 weeks’ jail. She was aware that prostitution activities were taking place in her husband’s pubs and had assisted to recruit some performing artistes and bring them into Singapore.