Sai Wan Police Warning: Please Read
Not karma for a first post, but I signed up specifically to warn other hobbyists.
I was checking out Sai Wan (I usually like CWB) the past couple of days. Went back to queen's road west during lunch today and saw uniformed police outside some of the buildings I was in earlier (248, 260, and I think 266). I was a bit freaked out since many of these 141 rooms have security cameras outside recording images of bros going in and out so that the pimps who rent the rooms to the girls can get their right cut (girls usually pay a minimum daily rate plus a cut of each fee to the pimp). I didn't notice any cameras in the buildings I was in, but I know they are definitely there in CWB. Anyway, I speak Cantonese natively, so I said I live in the area and asked two police officers (one woman and one man) why there was so much activity on Queen's Road today. They said that it was no problem, but that some residents complain that there are many people who do not live in the buildings going in and coming out, sometimes with girls, and that there is suspicion of illegal business activity. So they were there asking people going in and out and also in the stairways to see HKID. (they asked to see my ID also, but I was just on the street). I know that 141 is legal in hong kong, so I think they suspect drugs or trafficking and are using the HKID test just to spook people. But still would not be a good idea to get caught inside when the ID checks happen.
[ Last edited by kb004 at 14-4-2009 16:53 ] | |
