The District 1 police said Hong Jungpyo, 29, faces charges of statutory rape for engaging the girl, a sex worker, on Thursday, while they have also arrested Do Van Tuan, 38, and Bui Duc Thang, 52, for procuring. On May 4 they raided a hotel on an alley of Bui Vien Street and found Hong with the year-old girl. The police arrested Tuan and Thang thanks to the confessions of the Korean men. Tuan and Thang said they met Hong and his friend walking on Bui Vien, a popular backpackers venue in Saigon, so they offered them massage and prostitution services.
Hong and his friend agreed to receive the prostitution services for VND1. They were taken to the nearby September 23 Park to see the girls, not knowing that one of them was underage. They then went to a hotel on Bui Vien Street. Tuan and Thang admitted to have introduced the two girls for prostitution multiple times. Prostitution is considered a social evil in Vietnam and procuring sex is a crime. Sex workers and customers do not face criminal charges unless a minor is involved. The most read Vietnamese newspaper.
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