TOKYO – Taiwanese police on Nov 8 detained a woman who allegedly forced her 12-year-old daughter into sex work at a massage parlour in Tokyo, Taiwan’s National Immigration Agency said.
A source close to Taiwan’s investigation said the woman was held for her suspected involvement in prostitution in Taiwan.
She entered Taiwan in September, according to the immigration agency.
A Japanese man was arrested earlier in the week on suspicion of employing the girl that the Thai woman took to Japan in June to work at his private-room massage parlour.
The mother left Japan, leaving her daughter behind on a 15-day “short-term stay” visa, according to Japanese police.
The girl served some 60 customers between June and July, the police say.
All her earnings were managed by the Japanese man who ran the shop and the amount minus the shop’s share was transferred to her mother, the police said. KYODO
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