
During the 5.40pm raid, 16 Vietnamese and 11 Chinese women were found attending to customers before several of them attempted to escape. Some tried to hide under the kitchen sink and in some storage areas within the premises.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Rusdi Isa said the women’s restroom at the entertainment centre had been modified with a small door to act as an escape route.
He said officers from the anti-vice, gambling and secret societies division (D7) of the Kuala Lumpur police contingent headquarters and the Dang Wangi district police headquarters also detained a local man believed to be the caretaker of the premises, and an Indonesian male worker.
“This premises operated covertly and tried to avoid detection by authorities by keeping the front door closed and allowing only regular patrons to enter through the back entrance,” he said in a statement today.
Rusdi said police also questioned 53 Malaysians, including six women, aged between 34 and 44, believed to be patrons of the entertainment centre.
All 27 detainees, aged between 24 and 67, were taken to the Dang Wangi IPD for documentation purposes.
The case is being investigated under Sections 55B, 39(b) and 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 and Section 4(1)(b) of the Entertainment (Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur) Act 1992.
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