First day on job a bad one for Taiwan woman
A TAIWANESE woman was working her first day in a Gold Coast massage parlour when she offered an undercover police officer sexual services.
GC Star Massage worker PeiJie Huang said she could provide sexual favours at “extra cost above the cost of a massage”.
The officer was taken to Huang’s room by massage parlour receptionist Han-Wen Hsieh on September 6 last year.
Huang, 37, and Hsieh, 32, both pleaded guilty in the Southport Magistrates Court yesterday to one count each of knowingly participating in the provision of prostitution.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Nillin Lynch said the undercover police officer went to the Dominions Rd, Ashmore massage parlour and asked for sexual services.
She said Hsieh referred the officer to Huang and took him into a room to wait there.
It was in the room where Huang agreed to provide sexual services.
“Police inquiries showed that GC Star Massage regularly placed advertisements for services they were not licensed to do so,” Sgt Lynch said.
“The (undercover officer) was taken into a room and offered sexual services at extra cost.”
Huang’s lawyer William Sun said it was Huang’s first day at the massage parlour.
He said the bookkeeper had recently arrived from Taiwan to learn English and study business as part of a career change.
“She was bored and looked online and only had about $1000 in her bank account,” Mr Sun said.
“She decided to look for a job which did not require much language skills.”
An interpreter was required to translate proceedings for both Huang and Hsieh.
Hsieh’s lawyer Mandy Wang, of Aston Lawyers, said Hsieh had been in Australia for about four years and had only worked at the massage parlour for three weeks.
Ms Wang said Hsieh’s involvement was minimal as she only referred the police officer to Huang.
Magistrate John White placed Huang on a $300 six-month good behaviour bond and Hsieh on a $200 six-month good behaviour bond.
No convictions were recorded.