Beijing police smashed another large and well-organized
prostitution ring after closing an Internet-based prostitution ring
early last month, Beijing Daily reported on Thursday.
Beijing police rounded up 35 suspects after discovering that a
suburban bathhouse was a front for prostitution, said the
paper.
The Baihuiaoyuan bathhouse located in Xiaobao village on the
outskirts of Beijing opened last November but was found to be
providing sex service.
The bathhouse even had extra security measures to ensure its
clients were not followed, the police said.
The police had to go undercover pretending to be customers. They
arrested three clients who were caught having sex deals with the
prostitutes, the paper said.
Early last month, Beijing police stopped a sophisticated online
operation that was bombarding Internet users with millions of
messages a month relating to sex services.
(Xinhua News Agency February 2, 2007)