Around 8 years ago, I was at a walk up around 11am, picked the girl and was in the process of getting out of the shower when I heard a loud knock on the door. It seems the girl was followed up by plain clothes cops who waited until we had started to knock on the door, probably to make their case for the arrest stronger, while we were technically not in the act were already naked and getting ready to get down. I was quite nervous at this point being in the room thinking it was one of those full on raids with dozens of cops and and media outside. I had also been aware of the presence of plainclothes in these areas and their jobs to routinely check and card girls on the street and in the brothels so i was hoping it was one of those routine checks instead.
The cop at the door asked us to get dressed and led us to the recieving area where there were two more cops talking to the guy behind the desk. They were talking to him, it was not a friendly conversation but they weren't holding him at gunpoint either. Once we were situated, one of the cops spoke to the girl in Mandarin she nodded her head and started to cry. At the same time one other cop told me I was in a brothel, I tried to explain I thought it was just a massage but the guy just shook his head and explained they were arresting the girl for violating the terms of her visa by working there. They took my number and carded me, I tried giving a fake number at first but they called it and made me give the real one, I'm lucky they didn't find that grounds to arrest me right there. After all that they quickly waked down the stairs with the girl. I stayed behind for a minute having a drink of water trying to calm myself. The guy behind the desk asked me if I wanted another girl after that. I just looked at him and left.
I guess that was a routine check for people abusing their tourist visas rather than anything else, pretty straight forward, the third cop even seemed bored. I'm not sure how things work but these visa checks seem to be performed regularly but independent from vice raids where they rush in and arrest everyone involved. | |
