Ex-teacher turned pimp

Woman nabbed in raid suspected to be a ‘caretaker’ of prostitutes

KUALA TERENGGANU: The arrest of a 48-year-old former teacher and her husband led to the discovery of some dirty secrets being “kept” in a double-storey house here.

The house turned out to be a brothel and massage parlour, said Kuala Terengganu Deputy OCPD Supt Suffian Sulaiman.

“We arrested the couple whom we identified as the ‘caretakers’ of the prostitutes,” he said.

The 44-year-old man is said to own a motorcycle spare-parts business.

Supt Suffian said the man would entice customers through the mobile messaging app WeChat while his wife would be at the house to welcome clients and supply them with condoms.

He said two foreign women, aged 21 and 32, believed to be prostitutes, were also arrested during the raid at 10.40pm on Saturday.

The women had valid social visit passes. They had entered the country through Rantau Panjang.

Police also seized several items including condoms, massage oil, mobile phones, a ledger and more than RM3,000 in cash believed to be the brothel’s takings.

“We believe they have been operating for about two weeks and charging customers about RM250 an hour,” Supt Suffian said.

He said the brothel served both foreign and local clients.

It is believed that the couple also hired Malaysian women as prostitutes.

All those arrested have been remanded for seven days.

We believe they have been operating for about two weeks and charging customers about RM250 an hour. Supt Suffian Sulaiman