Man, 26, to be charged for allegedly operating massage shops without valid licenses, causing a fire in unrelated incident
The police will be charging the man in court on Aug. 13, 2026.
A 26-year-old man will be charged on Aug. 13, 2026 for allegedly operating five massage shops without valid licenses, causing or contributing to a dangerous fire, and other offences. The police have conducted enforcement operations on massage outlets islandwide between June 2025 and December 2025, and preliminary investigations revealed that the man had allegedly operated five massage outlets without valid licenses at various locations.
He has also been previously involved in two other separate cases, including dropping a lit cigarette that caused a fire in 2021 and relinquishing his bank account to a criminal syndicate for S$500 in 2024. The man will be charged for carrying on businesses of providing massage services in establishments for massage without licences under Section 5(1) of the Massage Establishments Act 2017, causing or contributing to the risk of dangerous fire under Section 285(1)(c) of the Penal Code 1871, abetting to secure unauthorized access to computer material under Section 3(1) read with Section 12 of the Computer Misuse Act 1993, and facilitating the retention or control of another person's benefits from criminal conduct under Section 55A(1)(a)(i) read with Section 55A(1)(b)(ii) of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992.
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