Chu Poh Yong is the second budget hotel licensee to be charged with vice activities. -- ST PHOTO: SHAHRIYA YAHAYA
ANOTHER hotel licensee was brought to court on Tuesday for permitting prostitutes to use the rooms to ply their trade.
Chu Poh Yong, 41, general manager of Hotel 81 chain, is accused of five charges of contravening a regulation of the Hotel Licensing Rules at Hotel 81 Cosy at Jiak Chuan Road off Keong Saik Road and Hotel 81 Mayo at Jalan Besar between April and June this year.
He is the second budget hotel licensee to be charged with vice activities.
Siah Chen Long, 52, owner and licensee of Shing Hotel, has pleaded guilty to a similar offence at its Kitchener Road premises. He is due to be sentenced on Wednesday and may lose his licence.
In Chu's case, the prosecution said that police were still investigating and more charges may be preferred.
If convicted, Chu, who is represented, faces a fine of up to $1,000 on each charge. The case will be mentioned again on Aug 31.
