Police raids at Club One Seven

=2008=

Dear members,

Our water supply was turned off at 10pm on the 25th of April 2008, Saturday.

When we opened the back door to investigate and turn it back on, a few

plain-clothes officers from the CID rushed in. Sam immediately tried to stop

them and demanded to know what was going on. They told him that they were

conducting a "spot-check". When asked what they were checking for, they

simply repeated "spot-check". The officers refused to specify what they

were checking for despite repeated demands. Sam also asked if they had a warrant to check the premises. They refused to reply.

At this point in time, we turned on all the lights upstairs and downstairs to

alert the members that a check was going on. None of the members were stopped from dressing or leaving, nor were they searched or any particulars taken.

When a female officer tried to enter, Sam repeatedly shouted that she was not

allowed to enter as we are a private men's club and insisted that she leave.

Thereupon, the

supervising officer threw Sam to the ground and twisted his arms behind his back

to handcuff him. Because of this, Sam sustained cuts to his wrist and bruises

on his left rib, for which he was later brought to the Singapore General

Hospital for treatment.

The officers only removed several DVDs and Sam was arrested and spent the night

in jail. He has been charged with assaulting (pushing) the officer that

handcuffed him despite never having laid hands upon him. Sam is 74 years old.

The officer was about 40.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused and will give a free return visit to

anyone who was here when the incident occurred ; just tell the front desk.

We are open for business as usual for our 8TH YEAR from 11:30am to 11:30 pm on

weekdays and from 11:30 am till 7am the following day on Fridays and

Saturdays.

Club One Seven

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=Acknowledgements=

This article was written by Roy Tan.