Chinese National, Jin Yin, 55, was jailed for 8 weeks as she could not pay the fine of $22,000. Jin, a female boss of a beauty salon, faced three charges of providing sexual services and breaking circuit breaker laws.
She operated her shop at Cross Street in Chinatown and she advertised her sexual services on the online platform Locanto. It was stated that one the 10th of April, she received a booking for a 2 hours appointment for her massage and masturbation services. The client paid $150 for her services.
Jin opened her beauty salon in secret and it was operational even during the circuit breaker period. During the massage, both Yin and her client were not wearing any masks and she also did not wear any gloves when performing the massage. It was also said in court that she did not take her client’s temperature or record his personal information for contact tracing purposes if needed.
Jin cried and knelt in court before begging for mercy from the judge. She further said that her mother passed away last year from cancer and she was deep in debt. This was the reason that led her to commit such crimes.
She goes on to ask the judge “Please, just look at me”. And the judge firmly replied “There’s nothing to see and do not buy me with your tears”.
As Jin could not afford to pay the fine, she was jailed instead.