SINGAPORE : In a press statement Thursday, Temasek Polytechnic confirmed that a member of its staff, Mr Darwis Rianto Lim, had been arrested in Bangkok for alleged involvement in a sex-related offence.
The polytechnic said the Singaporean had been suspended from his duties with immediate effect.
"As the matter is in the hands of the Thai police, the polytechnic has no further comments," it said.
According to a report, Mr Lim, 31, was arrested for trying to buy sex with underage boys over the Internet.
He had allegedly posted notices on the Web offering $329 for sex with a boy aged between 12 and 16.
He was caught at a Bangkok hotel by undercover police officers, who posed as sex agents, after he was shown three boys and paid for a 16-year-old, the paper said. -TODAY