Promised heaven, but given hell

The Star/January 16, 2004

Hong Kong -- A cult here lured women into working as prostitutes by promising them places in heaven if they slept with enough men, a news report said yesterday.

Women snared by the cult had to work 12 hours a day having sex with at least 10 men, according to the South China Morning Post.

All their money went to the Green Dragon Temple Cult which promised them a place in heaven once they earned HK$500,000 (RM243,000).

The cult told the women it recruited they would become goddesses when the world ended once they had entered heaven, the newspaper said.

Police were yesterday hunting the alleged cult leader Mo Wan-lun and five other men after the arrest of three cult members, a woman and two men, on Monday.

Five women aged between 20 and 40 working for the cult in brothels in Hong Kong's red light districts were rescued.