Forty-seven-year-old Burnaby resident Jian Feng "Michael" Li appeared in Vancouver provincial court on Wednesday to face one charge of living off the avails of prostitution and four counts of keeping a common bawdy house.
The charges stem from a two-year investigation, during which police say they discovered evidence that Li was sponsoring women from Hong Kong and forcing them to work in four brothels he ran in Surrey, Burnaby, Coquitlam and Richmond. Michael McLaughlin told ctvbc. But police were unable to secure enough evidence for human trafficking charges under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, McLaughlin said, because of language barriers and the reluctance of some of the women to testify.
The women were all taken into the care of B. This is very much about exploitation. McLaughlin said police do not expect anyone else to be charged in connection with the brothels or the suspected trafficking operation. A Hong Kong native, shown during a police raid of a brothel, whom police believe was forced into the sex trade by Jian Feng Li. Cash and immigration papers seized during the raid of a brothel police believe is connected to Jian Feng Li.
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