Little Haadyai at rambutan orchard

BANTING: The operators named it the Peaceful Haven but this orchard offered more than fruits. Women and liquor were also on the menu of this rambutan plantation.

Located in a secluded area, surrounded by an oil palm estate and a pig farm in Kanchong Darat about 10km from here, this vice den with more than 20 Chinese national women had been operating for the past two months.

When police raided the place on Tuesday night, they detained 30 clients. Most of them were either businessmen or sales personnel, driving luxury cars

Twelve wooden huts had been constructed for the women to entertain clients. The signboard leading to the huts read Shi Wai Tao Yuan, which means Peaceful Haven.

Kuala Langat OCPD Supt Zulkifli Mohamed said police arrested six China nationals and a 30-year-old local man.

He said the women, in their 20s and 30s, were believed to be “more than waitresses.”

“The man could be the organiser of the illegal activities,” he told reporters here yesterday.

Supt Zulkifli said the vice den activities became known when police received complaints from villagers that many cars were going in and out of the plantation.

“We were told that it was a happening place just like a little Haadyai,” he said, adding that the huts had karaoke sets and coloured lights.

Police believed that a house near the huts was used as a kitchen to prepare food and drinks for the clients.

When police ambushed the place at 8.30pm, many of the women escaped into the nearby plantation, said Supt Zulkifli.

“We managed to arrest six women who ran towards the house,” he said, adding that the male suspect was found in the house.

Police confiscated RM3,500 and 3,300 yuan (about RM1,500), four mobile phones and a pair of handcuffs from the male suspect.

All the seven suspects are under remand for further investigation, he said, adding that police was also tracing the farm owner.

Supt Zulkifli also said all the women, who came here as tourists, were held for working without permits.

The man was being investigated for employing the girls without permits and operating an illegal entertainment outlet, he added.

A total of 30 customers, including a 47-year-old Singaporean, were detained but were released after their statements were recorded.

Source: The Star Online