Condoms, lubricants, stained mattress: Agent says he unknowingly rented condo to suspected vice syndicate

What started as a regular rental arrangement turned into a nightmare for a landlord, who began suspecting that the condo unit was allegedly being used for illegal vice activities.

When property agent Simon Lum and the landlord conducted a flat inspection, they purportedly discovered condoms, lubricants and a stained mattress.

In a TikTok post on Monday (Oct 26), Lum said there was no warning signs that the house would allegedly become a den for suspected vice activities.

The 46-year-old told AsiaOne on Tuesday that the incident occurred in September at a freehold condo located near Guillemard Road.

According to him, the male tenant had very quickly placed an offer after briefly viewing the unit.

"Everything appeared perfectly normal when we handed over the unit. The tenant had provided his identification documents, and there was nothing particularly suspicious about him at the beginning," Lum said.

Concerned neighbours and faulty intercoms

Soon after the tenancy began, a neighbour informed the landlord about the many visitors who were allegedly ushered in by a woman.

Lum said this condo operated without security personnel. Visitors would usually call their hosts via the intercom system, which was not working. Hence, their host would have to escort them in.

"It was actually the faulty intercom that made the unusual visitor patterns much more noticeable," he told AsiaOne.

When Lum and the landlord questioned the tenant, he purportedly brushed their concerns aside by insisting he was conducting meetings with colleagues as he was working from home.

The tenant also attributed the presence of the woman to the two female cleaners he had supposedly engaged.

Lum told AsiaOne that he and the landlord visited the condo unit and observed men being escorted to the unit by a woman, just as the neighbour had said.

They arranged a scheduled inspection of the property with the tenant — only for the latter to lose contact.

Concerned that something had happened to the tenant, Lum said he called the police and subsequently discovered that the unit had been vacated.

While all personal belongings had been cleared, they found condoms, unused lubricants and a heavily stained mattress.

Lum acknowledged that it has not been officially established that any illegal activities had occurred, but said he and the landlord remain suspicious.

As the tenant remained uncontactable, the landlord subsequently regained possession of the unit.

He said a police report was lodged, but the landlord declined to share additional details.

swetha.sundararajan@asiaone.com

原本普通的租赁安排，却变成了房东的噩梦，他开始怀疑这套公寓可能被用于非法卖淫活动。

房产经纪人西蒙·卢姆和房东进行房屋检查时，据称发现了避孕套、润滑剂和有污渍的床垫。

周一（10 月 26 日），Lum 在 TikTok 上发帖称，没有任何迹象表明这所房子会成为涉嫌卖淫活动的窝点。

这位 46 岁的男子周二告诉 AsiaOne，这起事件发生在 9 月份，地点位于 Guillemard 路附近的一处永久产权公寓。

据他所说，那位男租客在短暂看过房子后很快就提出了报价。

“交房时一切看起来都很正常。租户提供了身份证明文件，一开始他也没有什么特别可疑的地方，”卢先生说。

邻居们的担忧和故障的对讲机

租约开始后不久，一位邻居就告诉房东，有很多访客据称是由一名女子带进来的。

卢先生说，这栋公寓没有保安人员。访客通常会通过对讲系统联系房东，但对讲系统当时无法使用。因此，房东不得不亲自带他们进去。

“实际上，正是那台故障的对讲机让异常的访客模式更加引人注目，”他告诉亚洲新闻网。

当 Lum 和房东询问租客时，租客却以在家办公时与同事开会为由，对他们的担忧不予理睬。

租户还将这名女子的出现归咎于他雇佣的两名女清洁工。

卢先生告诉AsiaOne，他和房东一起去了那间公寓，看到几个男人被一个女人陪同着进了公寓，正如邻居所说的那样。

他们与租户约定了房屋检查的时间，结果租户却失去了联系。

卢先生担心租客出了什么事，于是打电话报警，随后发现这间房子已经空置了。

虽然所有个人物品都被清理干净了，但他们还是发现了避孕套、未使用的润滑剂和一张污渍严重的床垫。

Lum承认尚未正式证实发生了任何非法活动，但他表示他和房东仍然心存疑虑。

由于无法联系到租户，房东随后收回了房屋。

他说已经向警方报案，但房东拒绝透露更多细节。

swetha.sundararajan@asiaone.com