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Imprisonment in Temple Street|The police detain the mastermind "Queen of Temple Street" and set up a secret shop without a license.

2023-02-09T15:15:19.169Z


The police uncovered an illegal detention case yesterday (8th). Two Thai women were lured into working in Hong Kong, but were imprisoned in Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei, and forced to provide sexual services. The two refused and secretly asked the Thai Consulate General in Hong Kong for help.


The police uncovered an illegal detention case yesterday (8th). Two Thai women were lured into working in Hong Kong, but they were imprisoned in Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei, and forced to provide sexual services. The two refused and secretly asked the Thai Consulate General in Hong Kong for help. The police broke into the unit to rescue the victim and arrested a 50-year-old woman.


After investigation, the police arrested a 60-year-old female mastermind known as the "Queen of Temple Street" today (9th). An unlicensed bar on the ground floor, two Thai women were arrested when they tried to escape through the ground floor.


The police investigated a suspected prostitution establishment on the first floor of No. 113 Temple Street and found a secret passage leading to an unlicensed Stoney bar on the ground floor.

(Photo by Chen Aoqi)

Police West Kowloon Regional Crime Squad took over the investigation this morning and arrested a 69-year-old female mastermind. According to sources, the female mastermind is known as the "Queen of Temple Street" and holds multiple properties and is believed to control multiple Prostitution establishment.

Officers searched multiple relevant locations around Temple Street tonight, covering a suspected prostitution place on the first floor of No. 113 Temple Street, and found that the woman in the unit refused to open the door. On the road, you can reach an unlicensed bar in Stoney on the ground floor through the stairs. Two Thai women tried to escape from the ground floor, but were intercepted and arrested by the police.

The two entered the country with passports and reported that they were visiting Hong Kong. They were arrested on suspicion of violating the conditions of stay.

According to on-site news, there were 3 rooms in the prostitution site involved, filled with condoms and other items, and the environment was quite harsh.

The storefront on the ground floor is less than 100 square feet, and the unlicensed bar at the back is covered by curtains.

The police are investigating the relationship between the above address and the detention case that happened yesterday, and will investigate along the direction of human trafficking. It is not ruled out that more people will be arrested.

Two Thai women were lured to Hong Kong to work and imprisoned in Temple Street. The police came to arrest a Hong Kong woman. Two Thai women were imprisoned. The masseur turned into a prostitute and asked the consulate for help.

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In yesterday's illegal detention case, the two Thai female victims, aged 38 and 47, met a local woman about 60 years old earlier on Facebook. The other party claimed that there were job opportunities for them and asked them to come to Hong Kong.

After the two women arrived the day before yesterday (7th), they were received by a 50-year-old woman surnamed Yan and brought to a unit in Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei.

However, they were stopped when they wanted to leave. A 40-year-old woman even asked them to pick up customers and provide sexual services. The two victims secretly called the Thai Consulate in Hong Kong for help, and the other party called the police.

At around 3:30 p.m. yesterday, the police found them on Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei after receiving the report. Fortunately, they were not injured. After investigation, they arrested the woman surnamed Yan for illegal detention.

The case was handed over to Team 1 of the Yau Tsim District Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up.

Source: hk1

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