JJJ Association statement

JJJ Association is the group formed by sex workers, who would like to provide further support for the counterparts.

Three of us were robbed and killed. Many of us are extremely worried. As a sex workers group, we have the following response:

1. Just like everyone of you, we work in the sex industry for our family and children. We are not stealing or robbing anything, but we are always discriminated. Whenever we are in trouble, we not only have no support from the neighbour or the community, we also receive no help from the police. Different from most of you, the police seldom seriously take the initiative to offer us help. Some police officers even verbally assault us at the police station. Eventually, we dare not call the police for help, indirectly ‘encourage’ the robbers or murderers to continue harming us.
2. Though we are still marginalized in the society, and many people do not accept us, we well understand that we at least have to unite ourselves and strengthen our mutual communication if we want to continue our work.
3. We appeal to every sisters working at one-woman brothel or other sectors. If you were robbed or hurt in the past 6 months, or you have any relevant information, please contact Zi Teng and the police immediately.
4. We think that the serial killer not only challenges the police, also publicly discriminates against us. We would like to tell you that “You can never escape from the responsibility. You will pay for this”. You will soon be brought to jail.
5. We are ready to cooperate with the police, but we strongly urge the police to improve the current 999 system. We hope that we can call for the police in a comfortable and secure way, without any discrimination or insult. We also hope that the police can well protect our identity when we call for help. In this case, we can cooperate with the police without any worry, provide useful information for the police to arrest the serial killer.
6. According to the current law, sex workers can only work alone in the flat. This undoubtedly exposes us to dangers and risks, that robbers and killers can always target us. We strongly urge the Government to reform current law, so that we can work with another sex worker or a third party, better care each other.

For further enquiries or information, please contact Zi Teng.