IPOH: Malaysia women in Ipoh and across the country are calling on the government and police to help put an end to illegal “vice dens" that have sprouted up in the central city and elsewhere in the country. Women's rights advocates have repeatedly told Bikyanews.com over the past few months that police must do more to ensure that women are not being forced into the sex trade or illegal pornographic filming. “We have seen a number of Chinese women forced to make sex films and work as sex workers in the country because the demand continues to rise," social worker Usmanah Mahammad, who works with former sex workers in Kuala Lumpur, told Bikyanews.com. She said that the recent revelation of such “dens" in Ipoh and elsewhere are a sign that paying for sex is on the rise. Police have responded and over the weekend raided on of the dens in Ipoh, where they confirmed to Bikyanews.com scary details of what occurs inside. According to police reports, visitors are able to “choose a girl and have sex with her." The prices range from RM90 to RM150 for one session. A full night with one of the girls goes for around RM400. According to local media, customers can also use the lounger, which doubles as a mini-cinema showing Hollywood movies. There are also two smaller projections that show hardcore porn films. According to officials, once the men are “stimulated" they then choose one girl for their pleasure. According to Metro Ahad, in Ipoh alone, there are at least 6 locations. Two women, one from China and the other from Thailand, as well as two local men, believed to be proprietors of the facility, were arrested at one of the locations. The women from China, meant only for Chinese-speaking clients, were available at a rate of RM150 for a half-hour sex session while the others from Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand were available for RM90. Ipoh police chief Asst Comm Sum Cheng Keong said they would continue to be on alert for such vice dens with the assistance of the local authorities. But women in the country say the government must do more to ensure that women from other regional countries are not arriving in Malaysia and forced to be sex workers. BM
