Philippine police unearth ‘torture chamber’ in sex den licensed as offshore gaming firm

Handcuffs, truncheons and baseball bats were among items used to torture workers of a sex den raided by the Philippine authorities. - PHOTO: PHILIPPINE ANTI-ORGANISED CRIME COMMISSION

MANILA: Police in the Philippines have unearthed what they described as a “torture chamber” hidden inside a sex den masquerading as an offshore gaming firm.

Photos released by the Philippine Anti-Organised Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Thursday showed handcuffs, truncheons, baseball bats, rattan sticks, tasers, a wooden club and an airsoft gun that police said were used to torture at least two foreign workers of Smart Web Technology.