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Sex trade a lucrative business in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR (The Star): The lucrative sex trade is attracting not only local but also foreign women, some as young as 14 years old, with vice syndicates in the country raking in at least RM1 million (US$270,173) daily. Police findings have shown that these syndicates are operated by locals with international connections. According to police, sex workers are coming to Malaysia from all over the world, with China, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines providing the largest numbers. Other source countries include Russia, Uzbekistan and India while syndicates have started taking in more Vietnamese women following market demand". SAC Sidin said local pimps have connections with vice syndicates overseas' women working for these syndicates are able to earn an average of RM100 per customer. The younger and better looking sex workers are branching out on their own and are able to command three times or even more from their clients. Given the situation, Bukit Aman's anti-vice, gaming and secret societies division has set up a special task force to crack down on these syndicates. Division head Senior Asst Comm (II) Sidin Abdul Karim said the police needed public assistance now more than ever in their fight to wipe out vice syndicates. The syndicates, he said, had created websites and placed advertisements in newspapers on the pretext of offering escort services and were sending sex workers to nightspots to pick up clients. They had also moved on from just operating in hotels and budget motels, he added,"It is getting harder to track them down as most are now working from apartments and condominiums and through door-to-door delivery to avoid detection. "That's why we need the public's help. If people notice suspicious activities taking place in their housing area, they should contact us," he said. SAC Sidin said the women were smuggled into the country through various means, both legal and illegal. (**) ++++ http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/27/nation/14963701&sec=nation Cops: Prostitutes charging between RM200 and RM300 KUALA LUMPUR: Police claim foreign and local prostitutes charge between RM200 and RM300 per customer per session. Police also found that most women had become willing sex workers, contrary to the commonly held notion that they had been forced into the flesh trade. "They know that they can make more money on their own," said Bukit Aman anti-vice, gaming and secret society division head Senior Asst Comm II Sidin Abdul Karim. "They also know that it's more difficult for police to trace them if they worked on their own." He said women who prostituted on their own often canvassed for customers at nightspots or discotheques. "Most of these women work alone or in pairs," he said. According to police, there was also another category of sex workers who would work for syndicates for a few months before breaking away and plying the trade on their own. He said, however, there were cases where pimps still tricked women into marrying them before forcing them into prostitution. The foreign women are usually promised citizenship while locals, often from poor families, are forced to be sex workers. SAC II Sidin said members of the public, non-governmental organisations or their own sources would tip off the police on the location of such victims. "Our standard operating procedure is that we must first verify if the victims were genuinely confined by their pimps," he added. "We found that in some cases the victims were self-employed and simply wanted to return home after several months of work." SAC II Sidin said in some rescue missions, sex workers were found confined in houses and flats in poor conditions. >From 2004 until June this year, 365 sex workers had been rescued, with >Indonesians being the highest number, at 150, followed by Chinese nationals >(76) and Thais (74). [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Reading only, http://dear.to/ppi 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
