Man gets four years in prison for employing prostitutes

The Criminal Court has sentenced a man to four years in prison for employing Thai prostitutes in the Maldives.

The convict is Abdul Latheef Ali of Henveyru Philadelphia.

He was charged by the State for hiring women to provide sexual services for money.

The Criminal Court ruling today stated that the Thai women who worked at a beauty care salon located in Henveyru Philadelphia had confessed in court that they were employed to provide massages and engage in sexual activities with customers.

They also said that Abdul Latheef had warned them that their employment would be terminated and they would be sent back to Thailand, if they refused to act as prostitutes.

The women said in court that they were hired as masseurs by a company called Asparagus Private Limited, but once they arrived in Male’, they were forced by Abdul Latheef to engage in prostitution.

They had been asked to give part of the money earned from prostitution to Abdul Latheef, and they gave him $300 to him monthly, the women said in court.

The court ruling further detailed that the police officers who went to the salon with a court warrant said in court that they discovered a Thai woman and a Maldivian man naked in the room, as well as contraceptives and items used in sexual activities.

This is the first such case filed to court.