3 Punjab-origin men jailed in Singapore for sex with minor

SINGAPORE: Three Indians have been jailed in Singapore for their involvement in consensual sexual acts with a 13-year-old girl in 2016, a media report said on today. Gill Gurjant Singh, 25, and Surjeet Singh, 29, were each sentenced to 15 months in prison for the crime, The Straits Times reported.

Jugraj Singh, 33, was jailed for eight months for committing an indecent act on the Singaporean minor. Offenders convicted of having consensual sexual intercourse with a minor below 14 years old can be jailed for up to 20 years and fined or caned, according to the report.

All the three men are Indian construction workers, the report said. They had met the girl in May 1, 2016, in Little India, a precinct of shops, eateries, pubs, motels and hotels, where she was hanging out with her friends, deputy public prosecutor Jesintha Veijayaratnam said.

At 10pm that day, Gurjant went to a nearby pub with her group before leaving the nightspot with her about eight hours later. He and the girl then checked into a room at the Royal India Hotel in Syed Alwi Road. They checked out later at around 9am, before going their separate ways, The Straits Times reported. Instead of going home, the girl remained in Little India, where she met Surjeet. The pair checked into a room at Taipei Hotel in Lorong 8 Geylang at around 7pm, where they had unprotected sex. They checked out at 8.45pm and took a taxi back to Little India. There, they parted ways. While she was back in Little India, she met Gurjant again. This time, he was with Jugraj. The trio checked into a room at Taipei Hotel at around 11pm where Jugraj performed an indecent act on her.