A Wise Old Man once said: “There’s no free lunch in this world.”
And I agree. You could, of course, try to get it through illegal means…
But there are due consequences for that, a notion that the following man realised the hard way.
Man Who Posed as Anti-Vice Cop & Raped Social Escort…
You may have seen such a plot in certain films. A delivery driver procures the services of a sexual escort; he poses as a police officer; you get the drift.
But here’s the thing. Oftentimes, reality differs from what digital media shows you.
There is, after all, a reason why movie plots are just that. Movie plots.
On 21 February 2019, a 22-year-old Singaporean woman was told to check into a room at Harbour Ville Hotel at around 8:15 p.m.
Having been booked for social escort work, she was supposed to be paid $450.
Things, however, swiftly turned awry.
When her client, 33-year-old Ng Yi Yao, arrived, she asked him for payment. But instead of complying, he introduced himself as a police officer and flashed an apparent card holder. He subsequently asked for her phone and identity card.
After she complied with his request, Ng withdrew his phone and began taking a voice recording, under the premise that there was a “police operation” going on.
He then asked her for sexual favours.
Despite refusing at the start, the woman soon gave in when she saw his Swiss Army knife.
Ng proceeded to violate her.
She called the real police shortly after reaching home, and Ng was arrested the next morning.
…Sentenced to 18 Years’ Jail
Initially, Ng had insisted that the woman was a willing party.
The ruse, however, later fell apart.
In court, Ng was charged for two counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual assault via penetration.
A fifth charge of posing as a public servant was also taken into account.
Today (23 August 2021), he was given a jail term of 18 years and 24 strokes of the cane.
Other Instances
Unfortunately, such ruses are far from being non-existent.
Back in 2015, a man called De Beers Wong Tian Jun posed as an agent for sugar daddies and ran ads on Locanto.
His targets were “sugar babes” who provided sexual services to “sugar daddies” in return for money.
Between April 2015 and January 2016, at least 11 women aged between 18 and 24 responded to Wong’s ad.
Wong said his well-off clients would pay the women S$8,000 to S$20,000 per month, but added that they first had to send their nude photos to Wong or engage in sexual acts with him.
He claimed to be assessing their suitability for such an arrangement with his sugar daddy clients. But of course, these clients didn’t exist. He simply deceived these women so he could sleep with them.
The horror for these women didn’t end there. After getting their nude photos or filming their sex acts, the man threatened to leak them if they did not sleep with him again.
De Beers later pleaded guilty to 10 charges including cheating, criminal intimidation, and possession of obscene photos for circulation.
Another 26 charges were taken into consideration.
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