Teenage Girls from Middle Schools Forced into Prostitution in Weishi County

The reporters on June 24 learnt from the Public Security Bureau of Kaifeng City (开封市), Henan Province that the local police of Weishi County (尉氏县) cracked five cases that teenage girls from middle schools were forced into prostitution, smashed two prostitution rings, and arrested five criminal suspects. And another suspect later surrendered himself to the police, but still there are four suspects that remain at large.

In late May, several teenage girls from Weishi Experimental Middle School and Weishi No. 2 Middle School reported a case to the local police, saying that they were taken to a Bashhouse called Water Cube in the county, and forced to take nude photos. Then they were coerced into prostitution with these nude photos, and threatened to bring more female students from their schools to prostitute themselves too by the criminal gangs. The victims aged between 15 to 17.

After receiving the case, the police set up an investigation team immediately, and arrested one, 16 years old, surnamed Bian, and the other three, 17 years old, surnamed Yang, Qin, Hou. These were all unemployed and female.

After investigation, the police found there were two prostitution rings. One ring with the suspect Ding, Yang, Qin, and Hou forced the teenage girls into prostitution in the Water Cube Bashhouse twice and in the Yuexin Hotel twice too, starting from this March. And the other criminal group with Bian and others forced teenage girls to prostitute themselves one time on the afternoon of May 21 in the Yunfei Hotel. After the interrogation, the investigation team also found there were the other two victims.

Four criminal suspects remain at large, when this incident was posted on the Internet. Now, the investigation team has taken any ways including Internet chasing to chase the suspects across the country. On June 10, a boss of a Cigarette and Alcohol Store surrendered himself to the police. And the Water Cube Bashhouse and Yuexin Hotel were ordered to suspend business operation too.

Source: gcpnews