During a raid at an entertainment center in Taman AST, the State of Seremban, on Monday night, a Malaysian police team detained fourteen Vietnamese women for suspected prostitution.
Following a tip-off from the public, the raid was made at 9 pm and ended at 11pm, and resulted in the arrest of the women, Majid said when contacted by the New Straits Times on January 10.
All of the women were brought to a prison in Seremban and were being investigated under Section 55B of the Immigration Act, Dat Viet reported.
During the raid, police also detained eight local customers and three employees at the center for investigation.
"We are investigating everyone said to be working on the premises and checking their travel documents," he said.
In December of 2011, during another raid at two condominium units in Klebang Kecil, Malacca, Malaysia, police also arrested 29 Vietnamese women, aged from 18 to 55.
Of the detainees, 19 had a valid visa, two others had expired visas, and the rest had no personal papers, but all of them had worked as sex workers, Dat Viet quoted the Malacca Immigration Department as reporting.
The eldest among them is believed to be the "mummy," according to The Star/Asia News. Following a tip-off, the officers had monitored the premises for two weeks before moving in.
"We had to force open the doors when our knocks were not answered," state Immigration director Kamalludin Ismail said.
The women had worked at entertainment centers in the city, investigations showed.
They have been detained in the Machap Umboo prison in Alor Gajah, Kamalludin said.
