But a critic says increased enforcement could have the effect of scaring workers into more dangerous locations. There are six licensed body rub parlours in the city, according to the staff report.
Start your day with a roundup of B. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again. The staff report was a response to a motion put forward by Coun. Angela Wu, executive director of the Vancouver-based non-profit Swan, which supports migrant and immigrant women engaged in indoor sex work, disagrees.
But Heed, a former police chief and B. Heed pointed to alleged criminal connections in at least one licensed body rub parlour, Water Cube spa. It previously operated inside the Radisson Hotel and was run by alleged money launderer Paul Jin , who was shot and wounded at a local Japanese restaurant in the fall of While massage parlours are legal in Canada, purchasing sex work is banned.
Since , Richmond bylaws have prohibited body rub parlours from operating past midnight, from using locks on room doors and obstructing room windows, and staff from wearing outer garments that do not cover the area between their neck and knee. In the past six months, Richmond bylaw officers have issued 13 tickets for non-compliance to licensed parlour operators, according to the staff report. The latest operation, carried out on Jan. While they found bylaw violations and handed out eight tickets for non-compliance, no criminal activity was cited.
None of the cases mentioned in the report were linked to any of the six licensed body rub parlours in Richmond. Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion. Please keep comments relevant and respectful. Comments may take up to an hour to appear on the site.
