Eight transsexual men dressed as women for prostitution were among 31 people arrested on Friday on Hong Kong Island as police launched a series of operations to combat illegal prostitution and gambling activities. Hong Kong Island regional anti-triad unit and Wan Chai police district first sent plain-clothes officers to raid Fuji Building on Lockhart Road and arrested eight men and a woman aged 26 to 36 for breaching their conditions of stay. It is understood that the eight men are transsexual men who dress as women for prostitution, charging HK$600 to HK$800 for each sexual service. In North Point, police raided two gambling dens on Fort Street and Cheung Hong Street and arrested a 35-year-old non-Chinese woman and a 39-year-old local man for operating a gambling establishment. Thirteen customers, including eight men and five women aged 31 to 52, were arrested for gambling in a gambling establishment.

Source: The Standard September 17, 2022 18:18 UTC