Heartland brothels make residents see red

[skyleon]

2 hours ago



MPs in Pioneer and West Coast call for more enforcement action after residents voice concerns




Tan Tam Mei

Ng Jun Sen

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From the outside, the four-room Housing Board flat in Jurong West Street 61 looked innocuous enough, except for the constant stream of men who flock there.

Residents said that for the last one year, the rented unit has housed a number of foreign women, and some were shocked to learn that it operates as a brothel.

Despite a number of raids in the area, such brothels keep returning, attracted by low rents and the belief that they are less likely to be detected there.

MPs in Pioneer and West Coast are calling for more enforcement action after receiving feedback from residents, who complained that brothels have emerged in HDB flats in the area.

Pioneer MP Cedric Foo said he has received such feedback about suspected vice activity in his ward.

"Such undesirable activities should not be tolerated and I hope the police and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority can do more to stop them," he added.

The unit in Jurong West Street 61 falls under his ward.

Delivery driver Jasman Samad, 48, who lives below the unit, said: "With all these strangers about, I'm very concerned about the safety of my family. The authorities should do something."

The Straits Times visited the unit recently after first becoming aware of it from an online listing. The unit is in a block about five minutes from Pioneer MRT station. Arrangements to visit had to be made through mobile text messages.


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[madpig88]

More raids on the way for sure.

[zl1983]

Shall go CSI this plc aft wrk.

[dax2]

Sure gone case liao .

[r.fowler]

actually, to be frank.... if you are staying just next door, and have a young kid etc... you will also feel uneasy and will make a report... why do you want vice activities and strangers loitering along the corridor every day?

[iluvbreast]

I think this is a classic case of 'not my backyard'.

To be honest, nobody wants to live next to these heartland brothels if you have kids, it is not a wholesome place for them to stay.

[FRwriter]

Originally Posted by r.fowler

actually, to be frank.... if you are staying just next door, and have a young kid etc... you will also feel uneasy and will make a report... why do you want vice activities and strangers loitering along the corridor every day?

I know which block. My friend stays same block but a few floors apart.
He said many neighbours have been talking about it for quite some time already.

[oddeye82]

I also know which block, this type really bad environment for the ppl staying there. So near the mrt and many ppl walking downstairs. They are really daring, most likely raids will be conducted soon...

[r.fowler]

Yes precisely...

the mentality of not in my backyard

[otamay]

Frankly speaking, they are too close for comfort.

[conquer]

Originally Posted by r.fowler

actually, to be frank.... if you are staying just next door, and have a young kid etc... you will also feel uneasy and will make a report... why do you want vice activities and strangers loitering along the corridor every day?

First of all, those costumers who visit the "brothel" do nothing harmful. They don't steal, they don't rob... they don't even talk loud. They just appear and they gone... that's it.

Yes, maybe for some people it is just the scene is uneasy to look at.

[conquer]

LOL... The red lighting is so obvious.



I've been to the brothels established in the residential areas so many times (in fact, that's the only type of brothels I would go), but this is the first time I see it from another block.

[newyorker88]

HDB is for living, not a business place for such. More raids to come. For sure.

[zl1983]

Originally Posted by FRwriter

I know which block. My friend stays same block but a few floors apart.
He said many neighbours have been talking about it for quite some time already.

blk # ends w xx1A?

[freebiez]

Where is the app?