Update 9 Mar 2022: MOE investigates complaint that teacher sought sugar daddy on controversial website Sugarbook
ST understands the teacher has since tendered her resignation. PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO
The website Sugarbook which pairs women with men willing to pay for their time is in the news after a user complained that a teacher had advertised herself as a potential “sugar baby”.
The user told The Straits Times (ST) that he had alerted the Ministry of Education in October after cross-referencing the female teacher's profile with her social media account.
S’pore Teacher Allegedly On Sugarbook Website As A ‘Sugar Baby’, MOE Investigating
Teacher Allegedly Seeks Sugar Daddy on Sugarbook Using Real Name, has reportedly tendered her resignation
Singaporeans have high regard for teachers as they’re the bedrock of society. So when a user allegedly came across a teacher on Sugarbook – a website that pairs women with men willing to pay for their time – he lodged a complaint to the Ministry of Education (MOE). He felt that the lady should be held to higher standards as a teacher.
MOE is now looking into the matter and emphasised that they take a serious view of staff misconduct. Recently, a user of Sugarbook reportedly came across a teacher on the website advertising herself as a potential “sugar baby”. The teacher had allegedly used her real name on her Sugarbook profile.
According to The Straits Times (ST), the user had even cross-referenced the female teacher’s Sugarbook profile with her social media account. He felt that she should be held to a higher standard as a teacher, and lodged a report to MOE. In response to the complaint, MOE said they’re aware of it and are looking into the matter, reported ST.
Guy would rather pay sugar babies aged 19 – 22 for company than have a relationship
Voicing an unpopular opinion, a 27-year-old guy wrote that he would rather go out with sugar babies instead of finding a girlfriend
In an anonymous post on confessions page NUSWhispers, the guy wrote: “For the longest time, I bemoaned my lack of dating success. I would look at friends who were attached and feel so much envy. Wondering why couldn’t [I] just find someone who I could care for, and would care for me in return”. He added that he created an account on Sugarbook, an online dating service that was founded in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sugarbook is most popular in the Southeast Asian countries of Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. It is known for people to find “mutually beneficial relationships,” sugar babies and sugar daddies.
The guy wrote that after logging on to Sugarbook, he started seeing a few girls from the app. Not all of them were interested in physical relationships, “But it’s fine, I enjoy the company of them all. Taking them out to dinner, chatting with them, sending them home”. He added that he was 27 years old, but looked for girls between the ages of 19 to 22.
“Some of these girls, for their own reasons need the money, and i’m happy to help them with it and make their life a little easier,” he wrote. Since he had a job that paid well, he explained that after saving some money and investing some, he had enough to reward himself. “And I gotta say, it feels good,” he wrote.
Where Romance Meets Finance
"Sugarbook is a social networking platform that helps build beneficial relationships with our society’s elite. Unlike other dating websites, we understand that privacy is of the utmost importance therefore, we strive to provide a community for honest and transparent relationships."
Website that pairs sugar babies with sugar daddies offers students in Singapore free membership
Prior to signing up, users are required to state that they are above 18 years old. However, verification is not needed. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM SUGARBOOK
In an interview before his arrest, Sugarbook's founder Chan Eu Boon said the site had almost 13,000 registered students across 10 schools in Malaysia, and described the arrangement as a "great help to struggling university students".
The site, which is hosted in the United States, waives the US$12.95 (S$18) a month "premium" membership to those who register with an e-mail address from an education institution.
Malaysian police arrest founder of Sugarbook, a sugar daddy dating platform
Sugarbook founder and CEO Darren Chan being escorted by policemen at the High Court complex in Shah Alam, Selangor, on Feb 18, 2021. PHOTO: BERNAMA
Malaysian police have arrested the founder of Sugarbook, a "sugar daddy" dating platform.
Selangor Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief Fadzil Ahmat said a team comprising Selangor and Shah Alam CID personnel arrested the 34-year-old man, who is identified as Darren Chan.
"The man, who is from Gelugor, Penang, was arrested in the compound of a condominium in Mont Kiara at around 4.30pm on Wednesday," Senior Assistant Commissioner Fadzil said in a statement on Thursday (Feb 18).
Sugar Baby: A lifestyle choice?
"Lucky" and "grateful" were words that Singaporean Felice Ang, 23, used to describe her state of mind when she's with her boyfriend.
And the expensive gifts and experiences that he showers on her? They are a "privilege" of their relationship. The gifts include hotel stays, the latest gadgets and custom jewellery. That, as well as cold, hard cash.
If this all sounds a little odd, that's because these are perks that Felice enjoys as a "sugar baby" to her 35-year-old "sugar daddy".
