18 detained in reflexology raid

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LAHAD DATU: The district police raided a reflexology centre at Lahad Datu town and detained 18 individuals on suspicion of vice-related activities.

District police chief, Assistant Commissioner of Police Shamsudin Mat in a press conference yesterday said among those arrested are four male workers and 14 female masseuses.

Shamsudin said acting on a tip-off, a team of police from the Crime Investigation Department launched the operation, Ops Noda and raided the premise at about 11.27pm on Thursday night.

“During the raid, we detained 18 individuals, including 14 foreign women from the Philippines and Thailand and four male workers aged between 20 and 30. We also seized massage equipment.

“All those detained were brought to the Lahad Datu Police headquarters for further investigation under Section 372B of the Penal Code for soliciting for the purpose of prostitution, and Section 39(b) Immigration Regulations 1963 for abuse of social visit passes,” he said.

Shamsudin hoped that cooperation from the public in conveying information to the Police will continue in the future in order to prevent criminal activities in the district.

He also thanked the public and guaranteed that police will take immediate action in addressing criminal activities through every information conveyed by the public.