8 missing Vietnamese tourists nabbed, women suspected as working as prostitutes in Kaohsiung’s ‘Shark Fin Brothel’
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/12/27
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Vietnamese woman (in yellow) being arrested in Chiayi. (NIA photo)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Eight of the 152 Vietnamese tourists who went missing late last week were arrested by authorities, while four others have been accounted for, leaving 140 yet to be found, according to the National Immigration Agency (NIA).
Since news broke that 152 Vietnamese tourists had gone missing from the four tour groups they had originally arrived to Taiwan with on Tuesday, the NIA has captured eight of the travelers in Hsinchu County, Chiayi County, Changhua County, Kaohsiung County, and Taoyuan County, reported Liberty Times. The rogue tourists who have been arrested include five men and three women, the latter of whom turned themselves in to authorities.
In addition, reports have surfaced that some of the Vietnamese women who fled from the tour groups have been sent to hide and work in Kaohsiung’s notorious prostitution den the “Shark’s Fin Brothel” (魚翅樓), so named because the top floor has a shark fin restaurant. Upon obtaining this information, the NIA said that it considers it of great importance and will conduct an investigation with the competent police precinct.
A netizen on the Taiwanese online forum PTT revealed that a friend recently visited the infamous brothel, and for the price of NT$1,600 (US$52), he received the services of a newly arrived Vietnamese sex worker. During a chat with the woman, she said that she had just gotten off the plane a few days ago and she had been taken to work in Kaohsiung. [FULL STORY]
