More mainland mistresses are turning to private detectives to ensure their Hong Kong lovers have enough money, according to a leading cross-border investigator.
Many SAR men have been forced to abandon their lovers because of the economic downturn, according to David Cheung, who heads a private detective agency in Tsuen Wan.
The once-booming 'mistress village' in Shenzhen is now a ghost town, with many who once enjoyed life as kept women forced to work in bars.
The sense of insecurity is so strong that it has now become the trend for mainland mistresses to hire Hong Kong private eyes to keep tabs on their boyfriends.
'In the past, it was usually Hong Kong wives who came to us asking for help. Now we have got more and more cases of mainland mistresses who are desperate to know where their boyfriends have gone,' says Mr Cheung.
His agency receives several calls a month.
