Fahd Siddiqui, 20, pleaded guilty to one corruption charge on Tuesday , while another similar charge will be taken into consideration for his sentencing scheduled for May 16.He also committed the same offence with two social escorts three days later on Nov 4 at Hotel Grand Pacific. This is the charge that is being taken into consideration for sentencing.On Nov 1, 2022, Fahd contacted a number listed on classifieds site Locanto to enquire about the sexual services of a social escort.
When he returned to the hotel room, he showed the woman his warrant card and identified himself as a police officer, Deputy Public Prosecutor Kelvin Chong told the court. She said that she did not want any trouble and had only just arrived in Singapore. Court documents did not state where the woman came from.
Defence counsel Umar Abdullah of IRB Law LLP asked for a conditional discharge and probation, seeing that Fahd was a first-time offender. However, District Judge Kessler Soh said that he was not persuaded by the defence’s sentencing submission due to the seriousness of the offence of abuse of power which “must not be downplayed”, and the impact of traumatising the social escort.