On March 31.3, the Police Investigation Agency of District 1 (Ho Chi Minh City) prosecuted the case, prosecuted the accused, and temporarily detained Hyeon Seungjun (40 years old), Jeon Byung Hwa (40 years old), Yoon Geunsun (43 years old, both Korean nationality), Tran Thi Be Quyen (45 years old), Pham Thi Diem Trang (36 years old), Nguyen Nhi Hong Hau (29 years old) for prostitution brokerage.
These people were identified as the owner, director, and manager of Vitamin restaurant (Thai Van Lung Street, Ben Nghe Ward).
The police took statements from those involved
According to the investigation, in the early morning of March 17.3, District 1 police simultaneously raided 2 hotels and luxury apartments on Thi Sach Street and Bui Vien Street (Ben Nghe Ward), catching 10 couples of men and women buying red-handed. prostitution.
Through testimony, the girls admitted that they were waitresses at the Vitamin restaurant and were sent by the restaurant's owner and manager to "receive guests".
From the testimony of the waitresses, the police entered the Vitamin restaurant and brought the relevant people to headquarters.
At the police station, Hyeon Seungjun and Jeon Byung Hwa declared that they contributed capital to open a restaurant for Korean and Chinese customers and did not receive Vietnamese customers.
This group hired Quyen as a director, legal representative and hired Yoon Geunsun, Kim Taeho and 3 others as managers with a salary of 15 - 20 million VND/month, 20% of the total alcohol bill when guests come to eat and drink. and operating a hostess who comes to the hotel to sell sex to guests in need for 1,8 million VND/time and overnight for 3,3 million VND. When the brokerage is successful, the restaurant manager also asks customers to pay at least an additional 500.000 VND/room.
Initial investigation, the police determined that this restaurant's revenue was about 10 billion VND/month. The case of busting a prostitution ring hiding in the shadow of a restaurant in District 1 (Ho Chi Minh City) is currently being clarified by the authorities.
