Three Chinese women, Liu Renhua, 42, Yu Yali, 43 and Qin Weihong, 42, have been convicted of having kept and managed a brothel at a massage parlour called Honeygirl in Balzan.

They pleaded guilty to the charges and were condemned to two years imprisonment suspended for three years and fined €100 each,

Another woman, Lin Han, 32, last month pleaded not guilty to being involved in the  management of a brothel and having lived off the earnings of prostitution.

She was granted bail on condition that she does not go to the house where her parents and other witnesses live in Attard.

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