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"We are always on the lookout for foreign women who enter the state as tourists but end up as vice workers. We carry out regular raids to flush them out as we do not want the state to be overrun with them," he said.
A housewife, who wanted to be known only as Yati, 50, said she supported the CPO's idea because the HIV threat was very real, adding that she would want to know her husband's outside activities.
"The police should implement the idea immediately. I do not want to be exposed to any sexually transmitted disease (STD) which could cost me my life," she said.
On Tuesday, three men in their early 20s were caught in the act of having sex with three prostitutes, including an underage girl in different rooms at a hotel in Bukit Mertajam here.
A police team, with assistance from the state religious department, raided the "health centre" and rounded up women, and three others following a tip-off.
DCP Wan said on Oct 13, the police also raided a massage centre in Nibong Tebal and apprehended 12 Thai masseuses who were offering sex services on the side.
A check by The Star showed that more than 600 vice workers from China, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Uzbekistan and Myanmar have been arrested in the state so far this year.
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