This is what zoning regulations are for.
Katong is known for wholesome things such as heritage food and Peranakan shophouses, so we could image how upset some of its residents are by the idea that someone has illegally set up a brothel house in the 'hood.
One of the bungalows on Crescent Road was already raided by the police on April 28 for reported suspicious activities, but yesterday a report on The Straits Times via Lianhe Wanbao claims that the brothel has resurfaced in at least four houses on the same street, with a clientele that's less-moneyed but just as undesirable."They said that the men who frequented the suspected brothels in the past seemed affluent, and some even had chauffeurs. The men spotted loitering nearby recently, appeared less well-off," states the report. They have also seen the odd foreign worker climbing the perimeter wall to get to the other building (see photo above).
How sure are the residents that some of the properties are indeed being used for commercial sex? Telltale signs like men sending messages and checking their mobile phones outside of the unit before going in.
But the surest sign? A random man ringing the wrong house's doorbell at 2am and asking for sexual services. How odd is that.
Photo: Lianhe Wanbao reader via The Straits Times
This is what zoning regulations are for.
Katong is known for wholesome things such as heritage food and Peranakan shophouses, so we could image how upset some of its residents are by the idea that someone has illegally set up a brothel house in the 'hood.
One of the bungalows on Crescent Road was already raided by the police on April 28 for reported suspicious activities, but yesterday a report on The Straits Times via Lianhe Wanbao claims that the brothel has resurfaced in at least four houses on the same street, with a clientele that's less-moneyed but just as undesirable."They said that the men who frequented the suspected brothels in the past seemed affluent, and some even had chauffeurs. The men spotted loitering nearby recently, appeared less well-off," states the report. They have also seen the odd foreign worker climbing the perimeter wall to get to the other building (see photo above).
How sure are the residents that some of the properties are indeed being used for commercial sex? Telltale signs like men sending messages and checking their mobile phones outside of the unit before going in.
But the surest sign? A random man ringing the wrong house's doorbell at 2am and asking for sexual services. How odd is that.
Photo: Lianhe Wanbao reader via The Straits Times