A recent news about the murder of a Sri Lankan female in a hotel at Lorong 18, Geylang.
See url (Yahoo news source from Channel News Asia )
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20080906/tap-969-police-arrest-20-year-old-man-su-231650b.html
Police arrest foreigner suspected of involvement in Geylang murder
Channel NewsAsia - Sunday, September 7
"SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 20—year—old foreigner in connection with the death of a 21—year—old Sri Lankan woman in a hotel at Lorong 18 Geylang on Thursday.
The victim’s naked body was found under a bed in a pool of blood by hotel staff on Thursday.
After round—the—clock enquiries and extensive probes, police said the ethnic Indian man was tracked down and arrested at about 9.30am on Friday at Ama Keng Road.
A man will be charged in court on Saturday with murder. If found guilty, he faces the death penalty. — CNA/vm "
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Another update from the Singapore Police Force website, see url :-
http://www.spf.gov.sg/mic/2008/080905_geylangmurderupdate.htm
Update to Dead Woman Under Bed in Hotel – Man Arrested
"A 20-year-old Indian man was arrested today in connection with the death of a 21-year-old female Sri Lankan national which occurred in a hotel along Lorong 18 Geylang on 4 Sep 08.
After round-the-clock enquiries and extensive probes following the discovery of the death, officers tracked down the man who was arrested at about 9.30am at Ama Keng Road. He will be charged in court on 6 Sep 08 for Murder under Sec 302 of the Penal Code, Cap 224.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
05 September 2008 @ 6.00pm"
Monday, September 8, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Women trafficked to Singapore lured into prostitution
Information from url http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gmnM4mWGQx52EtIAnioroCZ5u4_Q
Women trafficked to Singapore lured into prostitution
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Three weeks after having her appendix removed last year, Filipina bar girl Camille was forced by her pimp back to work as a prostitute in Singapore.
Penniless and deeply in debt in a foreign land, 24-year-old Camille, not her real name, had no choice.
She says she had sex with men in hotel trysts arranged by her pimp, who took most of the money, until she sought shelter at the Philippine embassy.
"My wounds barely healed and I was being forced to have sex," she told AFP, breaking into sobs during an interview before flying home earlier this year.
"The pimp had no pity. The men had no mercy. I should have listened to my parents not to come here."
Philippine embassy officials said Camille, a single mother, is among a growing number of Filipina women lured by human trafficking syndicates to Singapore, Southeast Asia's wealthiest economy.
Promised jobs as "entertainers" in pubs and restaurants, many instead find themselves virtually indentured as prostitutes, working to pay back the cost of getting here.
Women interviewed by AFP said they were locked in cramped apartments, given one meal a day and told they owed between 1,000 and 4,000 Singapore dollars (736-2,945 US) to their pimps for bringing them to the city-state.
The sex industry in Singapore -- where prostitution is legal but pimping and public solicitation are not -- is dominated by women from the Philippines, Thailand, China and Vietnam, industry sources said.
The Philippine embassy in Singapore said there were 212 cases of human trafficking involving Filipinas in 2007, up from 125 in 2006 and from 59 cases in 2005.
Of those 212, nearly 30 percent admitted to having engaged in prostitution or said they were coerced into sexual acts, it said.
Filipino consul Neal Imperial described the numbers as the "tip of the iceberg" as they reflected only women who turned to the embassy for help.
The US State Department, in its 2008 Trafficking in Persons report, put Singapore on its list of countries not doing enough to combat the problem. Cambodia and Sierra Leone were among others named.
The report urged Singapore, which has yet to ratify the 2000 UN Trafficking in Persons Protocol, to "vigorously investigate and prosecute both labour and sex trafficking cases".
Responding to the US report, Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs said reported cases of forced prostitution fell to 28 in 2007 from 33 in 2006 and 35 in 2005.
Police investigated all 28 cases and found evidence in only one, the ministry said.
Human trafficking experts said Singapore's figures differ from the US report because the police do not consider women as trafficking victims if they arrive voluntarily.
In contrast, the United Nations counts women as victims if they are lured by false promises about working conditions, and if they are exploited.
Singapore should accept there is a problem, said Sallie Yea, an Australian consultant who has researched sex trafficking in Asia. "Singapore is still in the denial mode.".........
Women trafficked to Singapore lured into prostitution
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Three weeks after having her appendix removed last year, Filipina bar girl Camille was forced by her pimp back to work as a prostitute in Singapore.
Penniless and deeply in debt in a foreign land, 24-year-old Camille, not her real name, had no choice.
She says she had sex with men in hotel trysts arranged by her pimp, who took most of the money, until she sought shelter at the Philippine embassy.
"My wounds barely healed and I was being forced to have sex," she told AFP, breaking into sobs during an interview before flying home earlier this year.
"The pimp had no pity. The men had no mercy. I should have listened to my parents not to come here."
Philippine embassy officials said Camille, a single mother, is among a growing number of Filipina women lured by human trafficking syndicates to Singapore, Southeast Asia's wealthiest economy.
Promised jobs as "entertainers" in pubs and restaurants, many instead find themselves virtually indentured as prostitutes, working to pay back the cost of getting here.
Women interviewed by AFP said they were locked in cramped apartments, given one meal a day and told they owed between 1,000 and 4,000 Singapore dollars (736-2,945 US) to their pimps for bringing them to the city-state.
The sex industry in Singapore -- where prostitution is legal but pimping and public solicitation are not -- is dominated by women from the Philippines, Thailand, China and Vietnam, industry sources said.
The Philippine embassy in Singapore said there were 212 cases of human trafficking involving Filipinas in 2007, up from 125 in 2006 and from 59 cases in 2005.
Of those 212, nearly 30 percent admitted to having engaged in prostitution or said they were coerced into sexual acts, it said.
Filipino consul Neal Imperial described the numbers as the "tip of the iceberg" as they reflected only women who turned to the embassy for help.
The US State Department, in its 2008 Trafficking in Persons report, put Singapore on its list of countries not doing enough to combat the problem. Cambodia and Sierra Leone were among others named.
The report urged Singapore, which has yet to ratify the 2000 UN Trafficking in Persons Protocol, to "vigorously investigate and prosecute both labour and sex trafficking cases".
Responding to the US report, Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs said reported cases of forced prostitution fell to 28 in 2007 from 33 in 2006 and 35 in 2005.
Police investigated all 28 cases and found evidence in only one, the ministry said.
Human trafficking experts said Singapore's figures differ from the US report because the police do not consider women as trafficking victims if they arrive voluntarily.
In contrast, the United Nations counts women as victims if they are lured by false promises about working conditions, and if they are exploited.
Singapore should accept there is a problem, said Sallie Yea, an Australian consultant who has researched sex trafficking in Asia. "Singapore is still in the denial mode.".........
Street prostitution - a threat to the security of Singapore
The increase activities of street prostitution ( nationality PRCs, Sri Lankans, Vietnamese, Indians etc. ) are attracting crimes from gang fights, murders, robberies, cheats in Geylang neighbourhood.
Are these prostitutes act freely on their own independently ? This may be true in the past, however, it is observe more appears to act in groups with pimps, look-outs or some even with private vehicles or taxi to transport them around in Singapore.
Geylang residents ( more than 1,000 residents ) are constantly facing such threats or harassments from street prostitution for the past few years. In recent years, increase budget hotels, pubs/ktvs/nightclubs, uncontrolled shady coffee-shops, bogus health centres with insufficient enforcements or regulations have attracted crimes into Geylang and immediate neighbourhood (Haig Road, Sims Avenue) .
A video posted by a concern person of the the rampant street-walkers at Geylang.
Are these prostitutes act freely on their own independently ? This may be true in the past, however, it is observe more appears to act in groups with pimps, look-outs or some even with private vehicles or taxi to transport them around in Singapore.
Geylang residents ( more than 1,000 residents ) are constantly facing such threats or harassments from street prostitution for the past few years. In recent years, increase budget hotels, pubs/ktvs/nightclubs, uncontrolled shady coffee-shops, bogus health centres with insufficient enforcements or regulations have attracted crimes into Geylang and immediate neighbourhood (Haig Road, Sims Avenue) .
A video posted by a concern person of the the rampant street-walkers at Geylang.
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