31 Individuals Arrested In Enforcement Operation Towards Public Leisure Retailers

The Police carried out an enforcement operation towards public leisure shops situated alongside Center Street on 3 September 2022.

In the course of the joint operation by the Central Police Division and the Prison Investigation Division, a complete of 31 individuals had been arrested. 29 ladies, aged between 20 and 33, had been allegedly discovered to be offering hostessing providers, and had been arrested for working and not using a legitimate work allow underneath the Employment of Overseas Manpower Act 1990. Two males, aged 31 and 35, had been arrested for offences underneath the Employment of Overseas Manpower Act 1990.

The 2 shops, which allegedly supplied hostessing providers inside their premises, had been discovered to have contravened the Public Leisure Act 1958.

Beneath the Public Leisure Act 1958, any one who gives or assists in offering any public leisure in contravention of this act carries a high-quality not exceeding $10,000. Beneath the Employment of Overseas Manpower Act 1990, the offence of using a overseas worker and not using a legitimate work move carries a high-quality of not lower than $5,000, and less than $30,000, a jail time period of as much as 12 months, or each. Beneath the identical Act, the offence of being in employment and not using a legitimate work move carries a jail time period of as much as two years, a high-quality of as much as $20,000, or each.

The Police will proceed to hold out common enforcement checks on public leisure and nightlife institutions to suppress illicit actions. The Police will proceed to take powerful enforcement motion towards felony actions and people discovered participating in such actions will probably be handled firmly in accordance with the legislation.