KUALA LUMPUR: For RM60, you can get a massage from a foreign woman, but if you are willing to pay more, you will be offered "extra services" to satisfy your lust.
That was exactly what the Bukit Aman CID Anti-Vice, Gambling and Secret Societies Division (D7) found out after conducting a series of raids on massage parlours around Kuala Lumpur and Selangor on Friday.
According to its principal assistant director Senior Assistant Commissioner Mohamad Farouk Eshak, the raids were based on information and intelligence gathered on such activities around the city.
"The operations saw our personnel conducting 10 raids in Brickfields, Cheras, Dang Wangi, Kajang, Gombak and Ampang.
"We arrested 39 women aged between 19 and 50 who were suspected of working as masseurs and sex workers," he said on Sunday.
He said 22 of the women were from Thailand, six from Laos, five from Vietnam and Indonesians, respectively, and one from Cambodia.
"We also arrested nine men, including a foreigner who worked at one of the premises. A suspected customer was also detained," he said, adding that all operators of the massage parlours were believed to have employed foreign women who came into the country using a social visit pass.
He said investigations revealed that the parlours were offering massage services together with prostitution at the sidelines.
"Investigations revealed these premises were open for business daily from 10am to 1am. They accepted walk-ins and bookings via WhatsApp," he said.
Their target market was mainly foreigners, besides regular customers.
He said checks revealed that massage services were offered for between RM60 and RM120, while sexual services began from RM150 to RM320 per session.
"Many of these women masseurs were found to be misusing their social visit passes to work.
"All those arrested were taken to the various district police headquarters for further action," he said, adding that the cases were being investigated for prostitution as well as immigration offences.