SAF soldier caught visiting prostitute in Taiwan… News?

A reader sent me this Taiwan news story via The Liberty Time (自由时报). It’s about a SAF soldier getting caught in an illegal sexual transaction with a female prostitute when the Taiwanese police happen to raid a local prostitution den. In accordance to Taiwan’s vice law, the soldier was not prosecuted, but the female prostitute was arrested.

I am wondering why this story made it into the newspaper…

Having served my NS days and reservist in Navy camps, it is common knowledge that whenever soldiers dock at foreign countries, a large majority have sex on their mind and probably alcohol next. In Singapore, places like Orchard Towers exist partly because of the patronage of such foreign soldiers.

SAF knows this too. That’s why condoms are issued to Singapore soldiers who go for overseas training exercises. Not that I condone prostitution, but I suppose the biggest mistake the soldier above committed was getting caught at the wrong place at the wrong time.

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