2010-06-29 00:29

Police arrest a number of sex workers last week at the Hilton Hotel in Chongqing. The hotel was ordered to suspend operations after two police offi cers were found to have provided protection for underworld activities in the hotel. [China News Service]

CHONGQING - The Hilton Hotel in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality will reopen Tuesday after its operation was suspended June 20 for involvement in prostitution and gang activities, local police said Monday.

The hotel can resume business but its Diamond Dynasty Club will be kept closed for its sheltering of prostitution, drug-taking and gang activities, said Gao Xiaodong, deputy chief of the municipal Public Security Bureau.

Nearly 60 people, including the hotel's major shareholder, Peng Zhiming, were detained after a police raid on June 19.

Peng and others used the Hilton to shelter prostitutes.

Even hotel porters and security guards were getting a slice of the illegal profits, said Public Security Bureau official Zhou Jingping.

The hotel's general manager, Jean Philippe Jacopin, said the hotel's management will ensure prostitutes are no longer allowed to enter the hotel.