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Formosa News: Police deny request for brothel to remain open after owner’s death (2012/12/27)
Only a few legal brothels remain in Taiwan. Penghu is home to one, but its license will expire when its 96-year-old owner passes away. The owner appealed to the county’s police department to let business continue, but today officials said they will not grant her request.
These images are from the film “A Flower in The Raining Night,” based on a novel by Taiwanese author Hwang Chun-ming. They show women in the 60s forced into the sex trade. But the women at this Penghu brothel say their situation is far different.
Voice of Penghu Sex Worker
We are willing to do this work, and we need the money. Nobody is forcing us to this.
This is Penghu’s only legal brothel. The license is under the name of a 96-year-old woman and expires with her death. The owner hopes that when she’s gone, business can continue as usual. But the Penghu County government decided not to allow red light districts. It does not plan to grant the woman her wish.
Tseng Zai-sheng
Penghu Police Department
The law calls for the license to naturally expire. It can’t be renewed.
At a public hearing, the two sides could not reach an agreement. Someday, Penghu will lose its last legal brothel.
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