40 Vietnamese GROs nabbed in Malacca raid


Abu Bakar Sidek Hassan (centre) checking the women's identification.

MALACCA: The state Immigration Department raided a watering hole in Taman Melaka Raya and detained 40 vietnamese women for allegedly offering sex services to customers.

In the 9.30pm Wednesday operation, 40 Vietnamese guest relation officers (GROs), some as young as 16-years-old, were detained.

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