Hong Kong police have arrested 51 individuals in a crackdown on a prostitution syndicate that introduced in intercourse staff from mainland China and Thailand to work in Yau Ma Tei.
Inspector Lai Tsz-yan stated on Monday that suspects arrested in a collection of raids over the previous two weeks included three Hong Kong locals, eight Thai ladies and 40 mainland Chinese language residents who maintain two-way exit permits. They’re aged between 21 and 66.
The power has charged 19 of the 51 arrested with managing a vice institution, inquiring for an immoral goal or breach of situation of keep.
Thirty suspects have been handed over to immigration officers whereas the remaining two have been nonetheless below custody.
Police and the Immigration Division launched the arrest operation code-named “Cannonshot” from April 8 to 21, with a deal with Temple Avenue, after the power discovered road prostitution remained lively inside the Yau Ma Tei district.
Undercover police found the actions after they have been solicited on the road by syndicate members who ran the brothels.
The investigation revealed that the syndicate employed ladies from mainland China and Thailand who labored out of designated subdivided flats, whereas charging the intercourse staff a fee of as much as 60 per cent for every service.
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“Members of the syndicate additionally supplied the prostitutes with provides, together with condoms, lubricants and disposable towels,” Lai, from the Yau Tsim District Particular Duties Squad, stated.
A big amount of condoms, mouthwash and lubricants have been additionally confiscated on the suspected vice institutions.
“The police observed that the syndicate often select Tong Lau buildings as their venues, as these previous tenement buildings usually had low safety and the presence of back and front entrances that facilitated a simple escape,” Lai stated.
She added the syndicate additionally put in numerous closed-circuit tv cameras exterior the premises.
“This enables them to regulate the encircling areas and higher stop legislation enforcement authorities from finishing up their operations,” she stated.
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Lai reiterated that road prostitution actions, particularly the organised ones, had a adverse influence on the standard of lifetime of close by residents and have been a key goal of police enforcement.
In Hong Kong, working as a prostitute is authorized, however it’s towards the legislation to solicit shoppers, run a brothel of two or extra individuals, stay off the earnings of a intercourse employee, and management a lady for vice.
