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Singapore Charges 48 in Prostitution Scandal With Underage Girl

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By Sanat Vallikappen and Andrea Tan

April 18, 2012 at 10:13 AM UTC

Updated on

April 18, 2012 at 4:01 PM UTC

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A scandal involving a minor selling sex to men in Singapore has expanded to include a former bank executive, a school teacher and the member of a prominent family.

Juerg Buergin, 40, a former executive director of operations at UBS AG in Singapore, and Howard Shaw, 41, part of the family that built a movie production and real estate empire, were among four men charged at the downtown Subordinate Court yesterday for paid sex with an underage prostitute.