Is Kuching becoming a sex city?

Sarawak DAP is extremely worried that Kuching is fast becoming a 'sex city' with the mushrooming of reflexology centres that have been blamed for a more than 300 percent increase in sexual diseases, especially AIDS, its Stampin MP JulianTan said today.

Tan's concern comes in the wake of advertisements in the Chinese press, seeking "several hundreds of women from China" for employment in these centres.

"In the past few weeks, several advertisements have appeared in the Chinese newspapers, seeking young girls to work in these centres.

"Each time an advertisement is made, the owners of these centres are looking for at least 500 young girls and most of these advertisements are targeting Chinese nationals," Tan (above) told a media conference.

There are more than 300 reflexology centres in Kuching alone.

"More are expected to open following the advertisements as this business in Kuching is very lucrative," he said.

Tan said several millions of ringgit are sent back to China every year and this could also be contributing to the illicit outflow of money from Sarawak.

Sex services offered as well

He said that these reflexology centres were also offering "sex services" as well, and that this was the result of the increase in AIDS in the state, which has also contributed to broken families.

The number of AIDS cases in Sarawak has risen in the past 10 years, from 75 in 2003 to 181 in 2013.

Tan said he had received several complaints from women that their husbands were frequenting these reflexology centres and were worried that they could become "a source of AIDS"  to their families.

"So if something is not done immediately, our society will be producing an unhealthy generation that could affect the development and progress of our country, he said, adding that he has raised this issue in Parliament, but there was no response from the minister concerned.