THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 requested social workers to check on the condition of the women rescued from a massage parlor in Cebu City last Tuesday night.
Lawyer Wenceslao Galendez Jr., supervising agent, said that a letter has been sent to the Department of Social Welfare and Development 7 to evaluate the 11 employees (not 12 as earlier reported) of Bea’s Massage and Spa.
A team of NBI 7 agents raided the establishment for allegedly offering “extra service” to customers.
The information reached the NBI 7 after three employees complained that they were not paid their salary after they did not agree to perform any sexual act with patrons.
Galendez said the NBI 7 will file complaints today against operator of the establishment Emilia Cañada.
Cañada and her cohort will be facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9208, the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, a law “against human trafficking, sex tourism, sex slavery and child prostitution.”
The agents reportedly found out that the women were offering three types of extra services, which included sex for a fee of P500.
Cañada, 43, denied the allegations, saying that she had prohibited the women from doing illegal acts.
NBI agents also confiscated three boxes of condoms from the parlor.
Most of the girls hail from Dumaguete City and Bohol Province.
Galendez said they received the information about the allegedly illicit activities of the massage parlor last Sept. 20, radio dyAB reported.
The spa, which reportedly started in 2011, has 12 to 15 rooms.
