‘2 minors’ and Japanese adult film star found working for prostitution ring broken up by Hong Kong police
- Officers find 15-year-old girl waiting for client in short-stay hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui and arrest 16-year-old at industrial unit in Tsuen Wan, insider says
- Adult film actress, 39, and three other Japanese women taken into custody, along with two mainland Chinese visitors, police say
A Japanese adult star and three other visitors from the country were among 10 people arrested in a crackdown on a Hong Kong prostitution ring that mainly provided underage sex workers, the Post learned on Wednesday.
In the raid carried out in the Tsim Sha Tsui nightlife district on Tuesday, officers discovered a 15-year-old girl waiting for a client in a short-stay hotel, a source familiar with the case said.
Police arrested the two alleged ringleaders of the gang waiting inside a car outside the hotel.
An initial investigation indicated the syndicate recruited the girl for sex work about a month ago.
Police would track down her clients, the insider added, and warned that sexual intercourse with a girl aged under 16 was punishable by up to five years in jail.