16-year-old boy meets woman on WeChat, spends over $1,000 at massage parlour that offers 'happy endings'
TNP
April 27, 2025
Mr Chen, a 40-year-old warehouse manager, told Shin Min Daily News that his 16-year-old son had spent more than $1,000 at a massage parlour.
The teen was playing ball near Block 101 Towner Road in early-April when he received a WeChat message from a woman.
The teen started chatting with the woman, who claimed to be working at a nearby massage parlour that offered "happy endings".
"My son is still in his developing stage and couldn't resist the temptation," said Mr Chen.
"He went to the massage parlour that day and got hooked."
The teen apparently visited the massage parlour multiple times and received the special services there.
Mr Chen and his wife grew thought that something was amiss when their son would finish spending his $500 monthly allowance in no time.
Last week, asked for extra pocket money, which made Mr Chen puzzled.
He asked his son why he had no more money for food and checked with his wife if she had given the boy pocket money.
That was when the couple grew suspicious and questioned the boy about his spending habits.
The teen did not reveal anything, so the couple checked his chat records and saw the explicit exchange between him and the masseuse.
"He refused to speak, so we said we would call the police to teach him a lesson. Only then did he confess," said Mr Chen.
He and his wife could not believe what their son had been keeping from them.
Not only did the teen spend all his pocket money at the massage parlour, but he also emptied his piggy bank and used up all the hongbao money he received during Chinese New Year.
In total, the teen had spent more than $1,000 at the massage parlour.
"Of course he did something wrong," said Mr Chen.
"But as a business, how can it target teenagers?"
