SIBU: A manager of a massage centre has been detained after police rescued four Filipina masseurs who alleged they were forced into prostitution. The case came to light after a woman official from the Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur lodged a police report claiming the four women could be victims of human trafficking. Police raided the centre located in a hotel in Jalan Lanang at about 11pm on July 27 and detained the manager. The women claimed that they were employed to be masseurs but their employer demanded that they also offer sexual services to clients. Sibu police chief Asst Comm Saiful Bahari Abdullah said the 35-year-old manager is being investigated under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007.

Source: The Star July 28, 2017 01:52 UTC