Seattle police raid, then run massage parlor

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By LEVI PULKKINEN
SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF

First, Seattle vice detectives stung the massage parlor.

Then, they set up shop.

Earlier this month, Seattle officers raided a Rainier Avenue South massage parlor then continued to operate it for a day, offering would-be customers a decidedly unhappy ending.

In addition to two women working at Rainier Foot Massage, police arrested six men now accused of offering an undercover officer posing as a masseuse money for sex. Parlor owner Liu Wei, 45, has since been charged with promoting prostitution, a felony.

From June through September, Seattle vice detectives conducted five undercover operations at the massage parlor, located at 4204 Rainier Ave. S. In each case, according to court documents, women there offered to touch the undercover detectives sexually for a fee.

In one instance, a vice detective arrived at the massage parlor and was asked by Wei if he would like a "full body massage," according to charging documents. The detective agreed and was led to a room where, for $40, he "received a terrible massage" from a woman who then asked for an addition $60 for a more intimate treatment.

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1. I gotta agree that a bad massage should be against the law.....

Prostitution? Not so much.

But a bad shiatsu ought to be a felony.