Three-star hotel used for prostitution raided; eight arrested

The Malaysian Immigration Department (JIM) in Kuala Lumpur has busted a prostitution ring operating out of a three-star hotel on Jalan Cheras. The operation, conducted in the early hours of Tuesday, led to the arrest of eight individuals, including foreign women and local and foreign men.

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The check found that the foreign nationals involved were overstaying and misusing their visit passes.

Immigration officers, acting on intelligence, raided the hotel around 1:05 a.m. They found several foreign women dressed provocatively entertaining clients in designated rooms. Investigations revealed that the illicit services were advertised via social media apps, with clients paying between RM200 and RM230. A local man is suspected of managing the operation as the 'captain'.

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A friend told me to work here. Usually, I only have one customer a day. I get a commission of about RM100 for each customer.

Among those detained were six women – five from Indonesia and one from Thailand – and two men, identified as a local Malaysian suspected of being the 'captain' and a Nepali hotel employee. The foreign women were found to have overstayed their visas and misused their social visit passes. One Indonesian woman, identifying herself as Aqis, 21, claimed she came to Malaysia as a tourist in April and earned about RM100 commission per client.

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A local woman working at the hotel counter claimed she knew about the prostitution activities but declined to elaborate further.