MELAKA: Melaka cops are not going to accept lame excuses from foreigners caught indulging in the online flesh trade here during the lockdown.
Melaka Tengah OCPD Asst Comm Afzanizar Ahmad said police will monitor and curb immoral activities, especially by these foreigners.
“Stop giving excuses to my raiding officers such as not having sufficient food and it being a matter of survival when questioned on the reasons for being involved in the vice trade during lockdown, ” he said on Saturday (June 5).
ACP Afzanizar said in the latest raid, police detained a foreigner offering sexual services at a boutique hotel along Plaza Makhota here a few days ago.
He said the woman, in her 30s, had used social media to promote her services, attracting two customers a day, even during the lockdown.
ACP Afzanizar said the woman gave the excuse that she needed money to survive during the lockdown.
He said preliminary investigations showed that the woman had been indulging in the activity for more than a month.
“My men confiscated the mobile phone and other items from the woman before detaining her for investigations under Section 327b of The Penal Code for soliciting for the purpose of prostitution, ” he said.
“We will continue our surveillance throughout the lockdown, ” he said.
ACP Afzanizar said 14 foreigners were apprehended for involvement in the flesh trade since January.
