‘Mobile prostitution’ the next thing for sex workers

Compiled by HANIS ZAINAL, LIEW JIA XIAN and R. ARAVINTHAN 

KOSMO! Ahad reported that sex workers who are using online platforms to look for custo­mers are earning as much as RM6,000 per month.

Bukit Aman Anti-Vice, Gambling and Secret Societies Division (D7) principal assistant director Senior Asst Comm Datuk Rohaimi Md Isa said this type of sex work was called “mobile prostitution” as the activity was not confined to one place.

He said the sex workers were women in their 20s to 30s who hold professional jobs or were university students.

Many of these women wanted more money for a luxurious lifestyle.

According to SAC Rohaimi, pimps would advertise the women through social media and they would vet the customers first before allowing them to meet up.

“This vetting process is important to ensure the identities of the women are not leaked, because most of the women are only involved in prostitution on a part-time basis,” he said.

He said the “mobile prostitutes” also did not use cheap hotels to meet clients.

This made it difficult for enforcement officers to trace their activities.

> The daily also reported about singer Wany Hasrita, who said that she is not inte­rested to find a life partner yet after having been through a few heartbreaks in the past.

Wany, whose full name is Nurshazwany Hasrita Hasbullah, said she was comfortable being single for now.

The 27-year-old, however, denied talk that she was not ready for a romantic relationship.

“My heart is still open to love, despite the heartbreaks that I went through,” she said, adding those experiences had taught her to be more mature.

She said she wanted to focus more on her career and fans for now.

> Five years after being recognised as Malaysia’s tallest man, Mohd Azli Hisyam Ab Ghafar’s height has reached 2.2m, reported Metro Ahad.

Mohd Azli, 25, was recognised in the Malaysia Book of Records in 2014 as the country’s tallest man at 2.11m.

Mohd Azli, from Gua Musang, said that while he was used to his height, living as the country’s tallest person brought with it its own difficulties.

“I face difficulties in looking for clothes. Usually, I have to wear clothes in XXXXL sizes and I often have to custom order my clothes and shoes,” he said.

He has to be careful when moving so as not to hit his head on ceilings.

He started growing faster than other children when he was 14, putting on 20cm to reach 157cm at that time.

“After that, I kept growing almost every day,” he said.

He said doctors had found a growth in his nerves that could explain his abnormal growth.

He went through an operation to remove the growth in October last year.

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.