Kowloon raid
Police arrested 38 people in connection with a prostitution ring that allegedly operated in three-star hotels in Kowloon West, making some HK$180,000 a day.
The arrests included a Hong Kong woman who allegedly ran her own "room service", providing towels and daily necessities for mainland prostitutes to avoid arousing the suspicion of hotel managers, according to police. Another Hong Kong woman allegedly offered make-up services.
The others - one man and 36 women - included 34 suspected prostitutes from the mainland.
Last night, police were searching for their ringleader, who they said probably controlled the illegal business from the mainland.
During the operation, police seized HK$180,000 from a mainland couple when they tried to deposit the money into a mainland bank account through a cash remittance shop in Mong Kok yesterday.
"We believe the sum was their daily income. The syndicate remitted money into their bank accounts on the mainland every day," Chief Inspector Cheng Dien-kit of the Kowloon West regional crime unit said.
He added that police would follow up the case with mainland authorities. They believe the syndicate arranged mainland prostitutes to work in hotels in Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok over the past three months.
This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as Police arrest 38 in alleged Kowloon prostitute ring
So that's what happened to FS.
Hmm, 30 HGs, $6K each net, $10K gross, girls must be seeing 10 punters per day! | |
