However, there are many who feel that bouncers use racist criteria and exclude people from ethnic minorities from joining the party. The eight - Abdul Hadi Zainuddin, Muhammad Rashidi Rashid, Muhammad Rasyidi Safiee, Daniel Seet Joo Tong, Brandon Chung, Ang Whay Chong, Wilson Soon Jien Yang and Lim Poh Kian - were among 22 men charged with obstruction of justice in July.Ĭhua was also convicted of unrelated offences of driving his car towards a man and hitting him from the back three times, and being part of a fight between two groups drinking at a pub in Katong.Īnyone convicted of intentionally obstructing the course of justice could be jailed for up to seven years, fined or both.Lutz Leichsenring, a spokesman for the Club Commission, said most altercations arose at the door, because of “selection.” Part of many bouncers’ jobs, this murky science entails deciding whether someone has the right look and general demeanor to come in. He did it "knowing that members of the said chat group will likely take steps to prevent the detection of offences in the vicinity of the said law enforcement operations".Įight other alleged members of "Night Owl", aged 29 to 48, are set to plead guilty on Friday. In his messages, he identified officers from the Secret Societies Branch of the Criminal Investigations Department, including singling one out by name.Ĭourt documents stated that there were ongoing law enforcement operations in the vicinity of the nightclub when Chua sent the messages. He admitted to sending 60 tip-off messages to the "Night Owl" chat group between January and April 2019, and four such messages to "UncleValet" between January and February 2020.
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The members used code words and abbreviations, such as referring to non-uniformed enforcement officers as "cv", said Deputy Public Prosecutor Lee Wei Liang.Ĭhua, a bouncer at various clubs, was a member of the "Night Owl" and "UncleValet" chat groups. The tip-off messages included information such as police vehicle licence plate numbers, locations of enforcement checks, sizes of raiding teams and the specific unit or department conducting the raid. They used the groups to alert each other about raids at their clubs, allowing other members to take steps to prevent the detection of offences at their workplaces. Members of these chat groups mostly comprised bouncers and other club employees. Investigations revealed two more WhatsApp chat groups, "UncleValet" and "Pao Pao Bing Tuan". Then in February 2020, police arrested three club employees who were acting as police lookouts. Thirteen other charges were considered for sentencing.Īuthorities first discovered the tip-off chat groups in April 2019, when they detained a man at Woodlands Checkpoint for failing to declare cash he had on him.Ī check of the man's mobile phone showed two WhatsApp chat groups called "Rolex Movement" and "Night Owl". He was sentenced after pleading guilty to six counts of obstructing the course of justice, and one count each of affray and causing hurt by a rash act. SINGAPORE: A club bouncer was on Wednesday (Aug 17) sentenced to 17 weeks' jail and fined S$3,000 for offences including obstructing the course of justice.Īaron Chua Jun Hao, 27, was part of a network of nightclub employees who used chat groups to tip each other off about police raids in order to escape detection.
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