Given special service, pay a tip of RM1,000
A luxury karaoke room set up in an entertainment center in the capital was raided by immigration on Saturday.
KUALA LUMPUR: A four-storey entertainment center in Jalan Sungai Besi, here that serves girl customer service (GRO) with a tip of RM1,000 was raided by the Malaysian Immigration Department (JIM) on Saturday.
The eye-catching woman would tempt customers to get tips.
Sinar Harian who participated in the operation found that there are five different colors of sashes, the price must be paid if interested in getting the services of the GRO involved.
An employee of the premises who declined to be identified said, customers can get the sash in question for a price of around RM100 to RM1,000 depending on the color.
“RM100 for a pink sash and the most expensive is a green sash which is RM1,000.
“Customers need to pay at the counter and sashes will be placed on the women involved for drinking and entertainment,” he said.
Kuala Lumpur Immigration Director Syamsul Badrin Mohshin said the operation was carried out at about 12.30 midnight by a team of Kuala Lumpur JIM officers and members assisted by the elite immigration team, the Special Tactical Team (Pastak).
According to him, a total of 127 foreigners were detained as a result of the examination of 254 individuals.
“Of that number, 104 are women suspected of GRO consisting of 85 Thais, Vietnamese (11), five Laos and three Indonesians.
“Also detained are 23 foreign men suspected of being workers at the premises, including 11 Bangladeshis, China (eight), Thailand (three) and an Indian,” he said when met by Sinar Harian after the operation here on Saturday.
He said, eight local workers and a man who tried to provoke the operation team were also arrested in the raid.
Syamsul Badrin said that his party found that the entertainment center seemed to be closed and not operating but instead provided a karaoke room with the services of foreign women.
He said, JIM had found a secret room in addition to wall space and many staircases intended for the foreign women involved to hide and escape.
“Regarding the sash that was found, it is likely that it has a certain ‘value’ that needs to be paid to get entertaining and drinking services,” he said.
He added that the review found that some of the foreigners involved did not have passports, came as tourists using social visit passes and worked in other sectors.
The case was investigated under Section 15(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63, Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 and Section 39 (b) of the Immigration Act 1959/63.
