Private-hire car driver gets jail for paying 15-year-old girl for sex

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SINGAPORE — A private-hire car driver was sentenced to nine weeks' jail on Monday (Oct 9) for paying a 15-year-old girl for sex.

Lee Lai Soon, 31, said he thought the girl was around 18 based on her online advertisement and because she said she had a baby to care for.The court heard that the girl contacted an unidentified agent in 2022, saying she needed money to support herself and her newborn child.

According to the agent, full sexual services would cost the customer S$500, of which S$100 would go to him as commission. Before August 2022, Lee joined a Telegram group chat which advertised sexual services. He saw an advertisement for"xmm" or"xiao meimei" providing such services and was interested.In September 2022, Lee secured a booking with the agent for the girl's services.In his bedroom, he told the girl that he wanted sexual intercourse, which would cost him another S$300.After that, she asked him for the additional S$300.

 

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