Internet pimp jailed two years, fined RM250k

Roderic Chen Hao Ran pleaded guilty to nine out of 27 charges in all - for living on the earnings of prostitution, procuring women for vice activities and using a remote communication device to run a prostitution business.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW.

SINGAPORE: An Internet pimp became the first person in a concluded court case to be dealt with under a new law aimed at tackling the problem of online vice syndicates.

Roderic Chen Hao Ran, now 32, hosted photos of his stable of 12 sex workers on a website and operated his business out of a mobile phone.