Chinese madam who trafficked two women for sex gets locked up

Prostitution boss recruited in London and Malaysia

A prostitution boss who trafficked two women for sex has been jailed.

Yen Huang, 62, recruited and brought two women to Tayside to engage in prostitution between November and December last year.

One of the women was approached by Huang in a London casino while another was trafficked from Malaysia.

Huang used five aliases, was living in Dundee illegally and being sought by immigration officials when she was arrested.

Depute fiscal Nicola Gillespie told Dundee Sheriff Court that Huang was brought to the UK from China in 1996 by her father.

She had applied unsuccessfully for asylum in 2015, and was required to sign on every 12 weeks at police HQ in Dundee pending a deportation action.

After failing to sign on twice in January, police traced her and saw her in Dundee with a 48-year-old woman. Concerned the woman was a victim of human trafficking, they began surveillance.

When they raided a flat in Seagate on November 14 last year, the woman was wearing only a dressing gown and with a male customer.

The woman is awaiting deportation in England.

On December 11 police attended an address in Perth and found another woman. There was evidence of massage and sexual activity for money.

Huang, previously of Gellatly Street, admitted that between November 4 and November 14 last year, at Seagate, she recruited one of the women and induced her to engage in prostitution; and between November 20 and December 12 last year, at Melville Street, Perth, she recruited another woman, enticed her to come to Scotland for prostitution and instructed her to carry out sexual acts and advertised her services.

Defence solicitor David Duncan said Huang had become “desensitised” to the nature of her offences.

He said: “She understands there will be a sentence to serve. She’s doing surprisingly well in custody and feels a certain relief to be away from the life that she had.”

Sentencing Huang to 26 months in prison, Sheriff Alastair Carmichael said: “I have to take account of the misery your actions caused to the complainers and I also take into account your early plea which meant they didn’t have to give evidence.”

He also continued consideration of an order restricting Huang’s access to the internet on her release.

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She’s doing surprisingly well in custody and feels a certain relief to be away from the life that she had. DEFENCE SOLICITOR DAVID DUNCAN