Singaporean man sentenced to 4 weeks' jail for subletting apartment to overstayer who provided sexual services


Ong Ee Meng, 39, was sentenced to four weeks' jail and fined $16,000 for offences under the Immigration Act and Women's Charter, on Aug 20, 2019. Liu Hui, 43, has been dealt with for her overstaying offence, and has since been repatriated.PHOTO: IMMIGRATION & CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY.

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A 39-year-old Singaporean man was sentenced to four weeks' jail and fined $16,000 (RM48, 121) for offences under the Immigration Act and Women's Charter last Monday (Aug 20).

Ong Ee Meng subletted an apartment unit to a Chinese woman and overstayer despite knowing that she would be staying and using the premises to provide sexual services, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on Wednesday.

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