Guangdong authorities continue fight against prostitution

Police across Guangdong province will sustain their fight against prostitution and related crimes over the following months after a crackdown initiated in early February resulted in more than 800 arrests, a senior officer said.

"Guangdong police have busted 62 criminal gangs that were organizing prostitution rings and arrested 865 suspects after the crackdown was launched on Feb 9 when China Central Television exposed rampant prostitution activity in Dongguan," said Zheng Dong, deputy director-general of the Guangdong provincial department of public security.

The arrested suspects include 541 operators and organizers of prostitution. Zheng also told a news conference in the provincial capital of Guangzhou on Tuesday that 2,925 hotels, sauna houses and massage centers as well as 854 pornographic websites that were investigated for their alleged involvement in prostitution have been ordered to shut down.