Man on trial for conspiring to hire sex workers for prostitution syndicate
CNA
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SINGAPORE: A 47-year-old Singaporean man went on trial on Tuesday (Mar 24) for more than 30 charges linked to the sex work of at least 10 women in Singapore.
Weiss Tan Yi Xun is accused of offences including living in part on the earnings of a woman's sex work.
This relates to a period of around end-2020 and mid-2021, with charge sheets listing at least 10 women aged between 23 and 56.
He is also accused of abetting by engaging in a conspiracy with another person to get women to be sex workers for the "prostitution syndicate" known as "SgSocialites".
These charges allege that, on dates which include 2020 to 2021, Tan worked with women including a Mavis Toh En Xuan and Yap Yuxin to get the agreement of women to work in Singapore for SgSocialites.
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