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Thirteen women were forced into prostitution and sex services.
On Saturday, May 18, Ho Chi Minh Police rescued 13 women who were forced into prostitution by beauty salons and massage shops in and around Ho Chi Minh City. The victim women were forced to perform customary services against their will to avoid torture.
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Police arrested five people, Do Van Tuan, 27-year-old leader, for illegal detention. The five deceived dozens of women into working in a beauty salon and then assaulting and torturing them to provide customary services to their customers.
Tuan posted a job posting on SNS such as Zalo and Facebook, and seems to have met an ordinary woman. Tuan earned a referral fee of VND8 million ($342) to VND10 million ($427) from each store owner.
A 24-year-old victim working at a massage shop on Nguyen Anh Thu Road in Hoc Mon district of Ho Chi Minh City revealed the incident by calling police.
According to the victim, she was not allowed to go out at all, and the shopkeeper forced her to perform a customary service under the name "repayment of debt" by providing costumes. Victims say there are many other women who were deceived in the same way.
According to police, in Ho Chi Minh, there are so many women working as sex and prostitution that they are often invited to do high-paying, easy jobs. In addition, he says that many women cannot speak up even if they are damaged.
Official data show that in Ho Chi Minh, approximately 3,000 women offer sexual services. Under Vietnam's criminal law, those who provide sexual services are fined VND 100,000-300,000 ($4.3-12.8), and introducers and shopkeepers of sexual entertainment shops are imprisoned for six months to five years.
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