Quote:
Originally Posted by ILoveV
Hi bros,
I heard some rumours that there are police raids ongoing at the bistros. Apparently, the girls are not supposed to be working there as we are only supposed to go there to eat and drink by ourselves only as they are only bistros, not KTVs.
If caught, both the operator, girls, and customers will have implications.
Is that true?
|
The situation on the ground can be a bit more complicated, depending on which police branch visits and for what purpose. As always, SPF officers need to display their badges prominently and nowadays they all come in with body cameras, to promote accountability. I think this is actually a good move - lots of scared fucks visiting a KTV think their wives and girlfriends will be able to access the body cameras' footage. I leave the reality of that to the bros' fertile imagination
I love it when noobs jump like hell and look worried each time someone comes in uniform comes in. Generally, as a customer there is nothing to fear unless you're doing drugs, then you're seriously fucked.
OK, let's start:
NEA officers come around all the time, they mainly come in to check if the anti-smoking rules are being adhered to. They have no power of arrest and no right to check ID.
Anti-Vice (SPF, Special Investigation Branch) Officers do come in and spot check the girl's work permit status, as well as the operator's licensing permit. They go around scanning the girls' work passes using the SGWorkpass App (which you yourself can download, for free). Those with invalid work passes or with no work pass (an expired/canceled work pass or a student pass, or a social visit pass) will spend up to 48 hours in lockup before they are blacklisted and deported. Generally once the boys in blue visit, they kill the mood of the party because the girls become too scared to continue working even after they leave and they are not caught.
CNB officers come in when they receive tip-off on ongoing drug activities. It is quite an open secret that many mummies and girls sell drugs on the side, and some are peddled as sleeping pills when in reality they are Class A drugs on the CNB list. If these folks come in, then just be fully cooperative and give them no reason to suspect you. But yes, CNB officers in particular are very powerful and they can detain you indefinitely simply on suspicion of drug involvement.
So what does this mean for you as a customer? It is not a crime to visit KTVs, nor is it a crime to be engaging in humsup activities or to even to engage short-time fuck with a girl in an empty KTV room. There is no statute they can charge you with, although being kuai lan with the boys in blue (especially CNB) is not advisable.
For the girls, I always ask a new girl sitting with me on her work pass status. If I know that she is on a pass that does not allow her to be there, I advise her to be super careful and to flee at the first sign of trouble. The "house" girls are generally calm, because they know they have work passes issued by the KTV. Hostesses are technically not supposed to mingle with the customers, but this provision is a MOM provision and not a police matter.
Hope that helps.