A mainlander was arrested on Friday at the Barrier Gate checkpoint for commercial sex with a minor in a hotel guestroom in Cotai on July 17, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a press conference yesterday.
The 43-year-old suspect surnamed Fan told the police that he is a businessman.
According to Ho, the Judiciary Police had been continuing their investigation into a prostitution case after the arrest of a pimp surnamed Xu on July 19 who had supplied a 17-year-old girl surnamed Chen to five sex clients.
Ho said that Xu, Chen and another 35-year-old sex worker surnamed Li had entered Macau via the Barrier Gate checkpoint on July 17, when PJ officers immediately put them under surveillance. The officers noticed that the two women were on the prowl for sex clients in hotels in Cotai and several times entered their clients’ guestrooms on that day. PJ officers also observed that Chen had entered Fan’s guestroom and left after about 25 minutes. Fan left Macau on July 18 and was arrested when he re-entered Macau on Friday.
Fan was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) on Friday, facing a charge for commercial sex with a minor, according to Ho.
Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam looks on during a press briefing at the Public Security Police (PSP) press room yesterday.
