# #807: Police Crackdown on Illegal Massage Shops & Elderly Couple Charged for “Free” Meal

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Podcast: [Yah Lah But](https://stenobird.com/podcast/yah-lah-but-1019349)
Published: 2026-04-22T09:05:05+00:00
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## Resource

The Singapore Police Force ends the licensing exemption for open-concept massage shops after vice spreads across HDB estates. Meanwhile, a daughter recommends a free senior meal stall to her parents - they get charged $7.50, owner insists they never asked. 𝙁𝙤𝙡𝙠𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵? 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵. 𝘏𝘪, 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺! 𝘞𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵-𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵. 🎙️ 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙈𝙐𝙈 𝘧𝘰𝘳 10% 𝘰𝘧𝘧. 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘺 30 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 10 𝘔𝘢𝘺. 𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 www.Folklory.com 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 Haresh: The Empty Chairs Project Terence: How Did the Metaverse Fail So Badly? 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀! Drop us an email at contact@ministryoffunny.com ! We’re always looking out for people to do cool stuff with, so let’s chat! 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 – "𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁” Get a roundup of our One Shiok Things & first dibs on our latest launches delivered straight to your inbox! Subscribe Here (00:00) We Need Your Help (00:37) Intro (03:42) Police Crackdown on Illegal Massage Shops (30:33) Elderly Couple Charged for “Free” Meal (40:41) One Shiok Comment (45:00) One Shiok Thing 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲! Reddit | Telegram 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 TikTok | Instagram Facebook 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲: Police Crackdown on Illegal Massage Shops Massage shops in Singapore set for stricter rules Singapore Police Force Tightens Massage Establishment Regulatory Regime Woman says husband caught STD from Toa Payoh massage shop, MPs say enforcement in place & vigilance needed IN FOCUS: Why illicit massage parlours, hard-selling beauty salons are hard to get rid of in HD…

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