NEW STRAITS TIMES
BUTTERWORTH: Seven naked Vietnamese men entertaining customers at a massage centre in Perai Jaya here were arrested during a raid yesterday.
State Immigration Department detained the men, aged between 20 to 33 years old, in a raid at about 4.25pm.
The department assistant director Abdul Rahman Hassan said six local men aged between 30 to 50 years old, who were in the midst of being massaged were also detained.
He said the raid was the result of a weeklong spying and investigation operation on the centre.
"All suspects were naked and in the midst of entertaining their guests when the raid took place.
"Initial investigations revealed that all of them had violated the conditions of their social visit passes and were working without a permit.
"We also picked up a local man, in his 30s, who is the caretaker of the centre," he told reporters here today.
Abdul Rahman said the department was currently trying to trace the owner of the premise.
"The premise has been in operation for the past few months and had been offering massage services, with a few employees also offering sex,� he said.
A few of the men had tried to escape via a secret exit during the raid on the centre, but failed.
"They will be taken to the Seberang Jaya immigration office to process their documentation before they are sent to the Juru Detention Depot for further action," said Abdul Rahman.
