By Aap. The head of a prostitution syndicate monitored the performance of her staff and dished out fines if they did not work enough hours. Prosecutor Danny Holding said phone taps reveal Mae Ja Kim barked orders about the management of the sex workers in her four illegal Melbourne brothels. Phone taps reveal Kim barked orders about fining her staff for not working enough. Another discussion revealed Kim was angry that girls were being given breaks. One worker, Coco, had swollen eyes after working for six days straight, the court heard.
Mr Holding said Kim would monitor the women's performance 'with a view to being able to impose a fine, sack or shift workers' if she was not satisfied. Kim recruited workers from Southeast Asia in and brought them to Melbourne to work in four licensed brothels. She was not licensed to operate a sex worker business or take any of the earnings. Ms Kim's estranged husband Huan Wen Ye, 34, helped run the day-to-day operations in the racket. Her sister, Moonja Kim, 58, Mae Ja Kim's estranged husband Huan Ye, 34, and associate Zhe Fang, 27, have pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting dealings with the proceeds of crime.
They helped Kim run the day-to-day operations of the ring. The group's legal representatives said the crimes were not the most serious of their kind. Barrister Anthony Lewis, representing Fang, said the brothels were licensed and the workers were not in the country illegally.
She is now working as a kitchenhand and is on bail, with her three co-accused, until the matter returns to court on November Her sister, Moon Ja Kim, 58, also helped make the sex worker's rosters and transfer the tens of thousands of earnings from the four licensed brothels.
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