Chinese Police Close Cafes Operated as Brothels
United Press International
BEIJING —
Police in eastern China closed 13 underground cafes that were run as illegal brothels with hired thugs that forced customers to pay as much as $13 for a cup of coffee, the China Daily said Thursday.
The cafes, the targets of an undercover operation that involved 60 police officers, were shut down and 22 people were arrested in the Nov. 16 raids in Hangzhou, 700 miles southeast of Beijing, the newspaper said.
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