HongKong hookers drug their punters

Hong Kong police warn of prostitutes who drug, rob and run


Hong Kong - Male tourists are being targeted by sex workers who rob
them after lacing their drinks with drugs, Hong Kong police said
Sunday.

Police said 44 foreign men have reported being robbed this way since
2004, usually in Hong Kong's Wan Chai bar district.

However, they said the number may be higher as many incidents go
unreported due to embarrassment or because the victims have left Hong
Kong before the crime is noticed.

A police spokesman told the Sunday Morning Post that they believed the
culprits use "some kind of date-rape drug."

In most cases the victims are approached by sex workers in bars. Some
claim to remember very little and only notice unexplained cash
withdrawals from ATMs later when they receive bank statements.

Others awake disorientated in short-stay hotel rooms with valuables
and cash missing.

In 2003, a senior Finnish policeman died of a heart attack in Hong
Kong's Island Shangri-la hotel after being drugged. The Chinese
prostitute suspected of giving him the drug was never traced.

Last year British Airways banned staff from visiting a popular Wan
Chai bar after several crew members were suspected of being given date-
rape drugs in drinks, claimed the report in the Sunday Morning Post.//
DPA