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A Chinese man was arrested in Pasay City on Tuesday night for allegedly coercing Vietnamese women into providing sexual services for clients working in Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos), police said.
The suspect, identified as Zhao Xing, 31, was arrested while seven of his alleged victims were rescued in an antihuman trafficking operation on a condo unit in Barangay 86, which was allegedly being used as a prostitution den.
The women, all in their 20s, were being “exploited for prostitution” by the suspect who had Pogo dealers or workers as clients, according to intelligence reports.
The Vietnamese nationals were in the country on tourist visas, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said on Wednesday.
“The successful police operation resulted in the safe extraction of the seven Vietnamese nationals and the apprehension of the suspect, who will face complaints for violating sections of Republic Act No. 10364,” said NCRPO director Maj.
