Taipei City police caught their first Japanese sex tourist yesterday since Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (
The man and a 20-year-old Chinese prostitute were arrested at the Taipei Ambassador Hotel following a tip-off. A woman surnamed Hou, who had apparently arranged the deal, was also taken into custody.
The Chinese prostitute, from China's Heilongjiang Province, entered Taiwan under the pretense of visiting relatives.
The man, a retired policeman named Uziyoshi Shirono, said that Hou came up to him in the street next to the Taipei Ambassador Hotel.
Hou allegedly said she would send a woman up to his hotel room if he paid her ?15,000 (NT$4,000).
Police said an informer told them a sex deal was taking place in a room at the Taipei Ambassador Hotel.
After obtaining permission from the hotel's security, the police raided Shirono's room, accompanied by the hotel's assistant manager.
This is the first arrest of a Japanese tourist since Mayor Ma warned Japanese tourists not to engage in the sex trade in the city.
Last week, after the release of a Japanese guidebook called Paradise in Taiwan, which details the sex industry in Taipei and Kaohsiung cities, Ma said: "If they [Japanese tourists seeking prostitution services] come alone, we'll arrest them. If they come in groups, we'll arrest them too."
However, since the law does not specifically prohibit people seeking the services of prostitutes, Shirono was released after completing routine police paperwork.
Though the police declined to reveal the source of the tip-off, they acknowledged the cooperation of the Taipei Ambassador Hotel.
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