Five arrested for fornication in beauty salon raid
10 Jun 2012, 2:56 PM
Musliha Hassan
Police have arrested four Thai women and one Maldivian man on suspicion of sexual misconduct during a raid of a beauty salon in Male’ on Saturday.
Police raided the ‘Sabai Salon’ on the fourth floor of Ufuriyaage in the Galolhu ward of Male’, the ninth salon to be shut down for prostitution charges since February 2012.
Police Sub-inspector Hassan Haneef said the women arrested were mostly foreigners and faced deportation, whereas the Maldivian nationals are “given advice” in most cases.
“It is difficult to charge them with fornication as the law requires eyewitnesses,” said Haneef.
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