A 20-year-old woman was sentenced to 12 months’ supervised probation on 27 Oct 2025 after making a false police report accusing a man of rape because he refused to pay her $1,200 following consensual sex.​
Claris Ling Min Rui must remain indoors from 10pm to 6am every day and perform 60 hours of community service as part of her sentence.
Her parents had to pay a $5,000 bond to ensure her good behaviour during the probation period.​
The Incident
Ling met the 43-year-old victim through Sugarbook, a dating platform, and the pair began communicating via Telegram. They agreed to meet for a date on 18 Mar 2025, with the man agreeing to pay her $200 for “her time”.​
The man arrived near her home at around 6.15pm before they headed to a bar for food and drinks.
According to The Straits Times, they went to a hotel on Cavenagh Road later that night, where they had consensual sexual intercourse.​
After their encounter, Ling asked the man for $1,200, but he refused. She became angry and started scolding the man, who then offered to pay her $500 instead. Ling rejected this sum.​
False Allegations and Police Response
At around 12.30am on 19 Mar 2025, Ling threatened to call the police and inform them that the man had raped her. She made the call approximately six minutes later.
A policewoman arrived at the hotel at around 12.45am, and Ling lied to the officer, claiming that the man had raped her while she was intoxicated in the hotel room. At around 2am, a policeman interviewed Ling, and she gave a similar false account.​
The two officers later told Ling that her version of events was not corroborated by CCTV footage from the hotel. At around 2.10am, Ling finally admitted the truth about what she had done.​
During police investigations, Ling initially stood by her account but later admitted that she had lied about the rape because of the man’s refusal to pay her the sum she sought.​
Legal Proceedings and Sentencing
Ling was charged in court in June 2025.
She pleaded guilty in September to two charges: one of giving false information to a public servant and another of causing alarm by threatening to report the victim to the police for rape under the Protection from Harassment Act.​
State Prosecuting Officer Teo Keng Beng presented the case details to the court. Court documents did not state whether the man had earlier agreed to pay her $1,200 for sex.​
For giving false information to a public servant, Ling could have been jailed for up to two years, fined, or both. For using threatening words to cause alarm, she could have been jailed for up to six months, fined up to $5,000, or both.​
Ling was 19 years old at the time of the incident and is now 20.
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