RI women detained in Malaysia<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's immigration department will
\nfocus its enforcement operations on entertainment centers this
\nyear to curb rising prostitution by foreign women, a report said
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
Director-general Aseh Che Mat, quoted by the official Bernama
\nnews agency, said foreign prostitutes were found in karaoke
\nlounges, pubs, massage parlors and luxury apartments in the Klang
\nValley around the capital.<\/p>\n
He said officers detained 25 Indonesian women suspected of
\nselling sexual favors in three raids in the Balakong and Cheras
\nareas Friday night. A Malaysian man believed to be harboring them
\nwas also detained.<\/p>\n
Aseh said the women aged between 19 and 25 were mostly brought
\nin as tourists by syndicates and then \"sold\" to entertainment
\ncenter operators for between 2,500 ringgit (US$658 dollars) and
\n5,000 ringgit. Immigration officers also seized several forged
\nimmigration stamps believed to have been used to dupe the women.<\/p>\n
The women were being detained pending further action while the
\nman would be charged with immigration offenses.<\/p>\n
Aseh said officers had raided seven entertainment centers and
\nluxury apartments in the last two weeks of 1999 and detained 103
\nforeign women. \"We feel responsible for protecting these women
\nwho are victims of vice syndicates,\" he said.<\/p>",
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