Cops nab eight for prostitution in Johor Baru
Cops nab eight for prostitution in Johor Baru
The STAR ( Malaysia ) Sunday 20 December 2020
JOHOR BARU (Bernama): Police have arrested five Vietnamese women and three local men for alleged involvement in prostitution following a raid at a hotel in Taman Century near here Saturday (Dec 19).
Johor Bahru Selatan OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Padzli Mohd Zain (pic) said in the 7.50pm raid, police seized a CCTV recorder, two routers, a modem, three mobile phones, two condoms, towels and wet tissues, two room keys and two car keys, as well as cash totalling RM1,070.
"All of them, aged between 18 and 40 years old, have no previous criminal record. The women have been remanded for 14 days while the three male suspects are on one-day remand, ” he said in a statement Sunday (Dec 20), adding that police were still investigating the role of the three men.
ACP Padzli said the case was being investigated under Sections 372B and 373 of the Penal Code and Sections 6(1)(c), 15(1)(c) and 55B of the Immigration Act 1959/63. - Bernama
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