Malaysian man sentenced to 21 months in US federal jail for running brothel


PETALING JAYA: A 59-year-old Malaysian man was sentenced to one year and nine months in a federal prison in the United States after being convicted of managing a brothel in Georgia.

Chow Chan Kong and two others from China -  Huang Xiaohong and Gong Biyun  - were said to have operated the brothel for two years at a large apartment complex in Doraville, Georgia that lured women from around the U.S. to work as prostitutes.

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