BUTTERWORTH (Bernama)
: The Penang immigration service weakened an online prostitution group using the WeChat app and foreign calling girls after attacking a hotel in Perai Jalan Baru on Friday (March 8).
The head of Operations at Operations ham Idris said at nine o'clock P. M. that the immigration team arrested 10 foreign women because they provided sex to hotel customers and were involved in unethical activities.
"These women are controlled by a syndicate and customers who want to hire their services only have to choose through the WeChat app," he said here today . ".
Izham said that the women arrested included seven Thai nationals and three Lao nationals, and that six local men suspected of being their customers were also arrested and their statements were recorded,
According to preliminary investigations, the 10 foreign women aged between 20 and 35 abused their social access passes and did not have travel documents, he said.
On the other hand, Izham said that immigrants detained eight illegal immigrants from Myanmar in an operation in the main market Bukit Mertajam, aged 25 to 40 (March 10).
He said that during the seven o'clock A. M. operation, the situation became chaotic when illegal immigrants who traded in the market realized the existence of the immigration team and tried to escape, but they were quickly surrounded and arrested.
He said: "six booths and 13 foreigners have been inspected and eight of them have been detained for not having personal travel documents and abusing social access passes . " He added that the detainees were subsequently sent to Juru detention center. – Bernama.