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Four more men to plead guilty in online vice ring case
SINGAPORE: Four men charged with having sex with an underaged prostitute in the online vice ring case are expected to plead guilty.
They are Louis Lee Lip Kian, 33; Chiang Meng Chuan, 31; Pyi Kyaw Han, 31, and Wilson Oei, 25.
They allegedly paid the under-aged girl between S$450 and S$650 for sex at various hotels in 2010.
Chiang, who is represented by Mr Shankar Alan allegedly paid the under-aged girl between S$500 and S$600 for sex on two occasions at Hotel 81 Bencoolen in September 2010.
Oei, who is represented by Mr Chen Chee Yen is also accused of paying the girl between S$450 and S$500 for sex at the same hotel.
Chiang and Oei will plead guilty on June 27.
The other two men, Lee, represented by Mr Amolat Singh, and Pyi, represented by Mr James Sebastian will plead guilty on July 9 and 12 respectively.
The men were part of the 45 cases heard in court behind closed doors on Monday.
Thirteen out of the 48 charged are claiming trial while 27 are still undecided.
More than 25 lawyers, including criminal lawyer Mr Subhas Anandan, turned up to represent their clients.
One of them said all 10 of his clients will claim trial.
"All are taking a uniform, united stand. They will all come on the same day. If there will be a trial, there will be different dates and the girl will have to come on many occasions to testify," said Mr Anandan.
The girl cannot be named because of a court gag order and some lawyers representing the men have criticised this.
But the court upheld its decision.
Mr Anandan said: "The prosecution applied for a gag order. We objected to it on the basis that the provisions of the law do not protect people like her, because she is not a victim of rape or molest. But the judge has already given a gag order before so he said he will stick to it. I told him that I will respect his decision though I may not agree with him."
The first to plead guilty in the high profile case is former principal Lee Lip Hong, who was sentenced in April and was given nine weeks' jail.
He was released on June 8 for good behaviour after serving six weeks behind bars.
A total of 48 men were charged in April for having paid sex with a minor.
Two more cases will be heard next week.
- CNA/fa
Four more men to plead guilty in online vice ring case
SINGAPORE: Four men charged with having sex with an underaged prostitute in the online vice ring case are expected to plead guilty.
They are Louis Lee Lip Kian, 33; Chiang Meng Chuan, 31; Pyi Kyaw Han, 31, and Wilson Oei, 25.
They allegedly paid the under-aged girl between S$450 and S$650 for sex at various hotels in 2010.
Chiang, who is represented by Mr Shankar Alan allegedly paid the under-aged girl between S$500 and S$600 for sex on two occasions at Hotel 81 Bencoolen in September 2010.
Oei, who is represented by Mr Chen Chee Yen is also accused of paying the girl between S$450 and S$500 for sex at the same hotel.
Chiang and Oei will plead guilty on June 27.
The other two men, Lee, represented by Mr Amolat Singh, and Pyi, represented by Mr James Sebastian will plead guilty on July 9 and 12 respectively.
The men were part of the 45 cases heard in court behind closed doors on Monday.
Thirteen out of the 48 charged are claiming trial while 27 are still undecided.
More than 25 lawyers, including criminal lawyer Mr Subhas Anandan, turned up to represent their clients.
One of them said all 10 of his clients will claim trial.
"All are taking a uniform, united stand. They will all come on the same day. If there will be a trial, there will be different dates and the girl will have to come on many occasions to testify," said Mr Anandan.
The girl cannot be named because of a court gag order and some lawyers representing the men have criticised this.
But the court upheld its decision.
Mr Anandan said: "The prosecution applied for a gag order. We objected to it on the basis that the provisions of the law do not protect people like her, because she is not a victim of rape or molest. But the judge has already given a gag order before so he said he will stick to it. I told him that I will respect his decision though I may not agree with him."
The first to plead guilty in the high profile case is former principal Lee Lip Hong, who was sentenced in April and was given nine weeks' jail.
He was released on June 8 for good behaviour after serving six weeks behind bars.
A total of 48 men were charged in April for having paid sex with a minor.
Two more cases will be heard next week.
- CNA/fa
