SINGAPORE, Nov. 27 -- A 38-year-old Malaysian man posed online as a Caucasian "sugar daddy" to lure women from Singapore to Malaysia for sex and extorted one woman of more than S$183,000 (US$140,970), court documents show.

According to CNA, Rajwant Singh Gill Narajan Singh was convicted of four charges, including cheating for sex and extortion, and the prosecution on Thursday (November 27) sought 13 years' jail and 15 strokes of the cane, describing his actions as "horrific and perverse".

The offences occurred between 2018 and 2020, when Singh was unemployed and living in Malaysia with his family.

He allegedly posed as a successful white man on online dating platforms, offering money for sex and companionship, then coerced victims into...