A month after Woodlands’ steamy little secret was revealed, another hidden, leafy nook of illicit sexytime was uncovered near Punggol Waterway Park.
The Straits Times revealed that a forested area on a hill near the park (and the newly opened Safra Punggol Club) played host to makeshift brothels, where prostitutes from Myanmar were believed to have their operated nearly every night. The proximity is no coincidence — it’s located close to the dormitories and worksites of foreign construction workers.
The paper managed to find and snap pictures of the clearings where the wanton businesses took place — a site littered with tarpaulin sheets, mattresses, as well as used condoms and empty boxes of lube. The area has been cleared as of last Friday, and Punggol Neighbourhood Police Centre put up a crime alert about eight people having been arrested for trespassing.
A worker in the area speaking to the paper noted that the prostitutes charged $20 for each half-hour session, and that their operational hours were between 7pm and midnight. Around 13 prostitutes are believed to have serviced 20 workers of different nationalities. It is believed that locals also visited the area for a mosquito-ridden raunch — they were seen parking their cars nearby and walking up the slopes late at night.
Makeshift jungle brothels have been a recurring problem for the police, as they keep popping up in other places as some get raided.
We’ll be conducting our own on-field investigations into the issue.
