Vietnamese police in Ho Chi Minh City have raided a massage parlour where women were kept in dog cages
By Thomas Bell 9 December 2008
According to the Thanh Nien newspaper 130 women were held as prisoners at the brothel and forced to work from 9 in the morning until 3 a.m. the following day. If they refused to perform sexual acts on customers they were severely punished by the owner, known as Tri, and his men.
“In nine months, I have seen more than 10 girls try to escape but they were captured, tortured by Tri and put in dog cages,” said one of the rescued women.
The women, mostly from poor rural families, were kept as slaves in dept bondage. They said they were fed half a fish and a small bowl of soup at every meal, for which they were forced to pay £100 a month.
Extra food cost an extra £2 per meal.
Tri and his men also held “birthday parties” every month and forced the women to give them “presents” of between £20 and £40. They also had to pay a “tuition fee” to learn sex acts, a fee of £600 to visit their families and £2000 to escape their jobs.
Interest on loans was charged at 10 per cent.
Police launched the raid after they received letters from the captive women. Seven men were reportedly arrested but the brothel owner, Tri, remains at large.
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Vietnamese Brothel ‘Kept Women in Cages’
Vietnamese police in Ho Chi Minh City have raided a massage parlour where women were kept in dog cages
By Thomas Bell
9 December 2008
According to the Thanh Nien newspaper 130 women were held as prisoners at the brothel and forced to work from 9 in the morning until 3 a.m. the following day. If they refused to perform sexual acts on customers they were severely punished by the owner, known as Tri, and his men.
“In nine months, I have seen more than 10 girls try to escape but they were captured, tortured by Tri and put in dog cages,” said one of the rescued women.
The women, mostly from poor rural families, were kept as slaves in dept bondage. They said they were fed half a fish and a small bowl of soup at every meal, for which they were forced to pay £100 a month.
Extra food cost an extra £2 per meal.
Tri and his men also held “birthday parties” every month and forced the women to give them “presents” of between £20 and £40. They also had to pay a “tuition fee” to learn sex acts, a fee of £600 to visit their families and £2000 to escape their jobs.
Interest on loans was charged at 10 per cent.
Police launched the raid after they received letters from the captive women. Seven men were reportedly arrested but the brothel owner, Tri, remains at large.
Guns and ammunition were also seized in the raid.
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