Local news and What's On from Richmond. Your town in your pocket. By Cesar Medina 30th May Richmond Council's Licensing Sub-Committee will decide whether to renew a massage shop's license after officer claims that it could be offering 'sexual services. Oriental Style Massage and Beauty in Richmond Road, Kingston Upon Thames is in breach of two licensing conditions after council officers found a lack of staff therapist records and client records on three separate visits.
Yujun Qin on 12 October after a resident complained to a ward councillor that the shop was being used as a brothel and that it trafficked women. During that visit, McGann found two Chinese females, one who claimed they were a cleaner and the other who said that they were there to receive a massage. After inspection he found that both had Home Office registration cards that stated, 'No Right to Work. An entry and till receipt showed that some treatment had been done at 10am on the morning of 12 October but that there was no qualified therapist in the shop.
After the first visit, McGann went to Oriental Style Massage and Beauty again on 18 November , but with immigration officers, after suspecting that the massage parlour could be employing illegal workers.
On this visit, one of the Directors, Yujun Qin, was present and they failed to provide a client record of sessions carried out that day, but no illegal workers were found. Following this, the licensing team invited Long and Qin to discuss concerns the council has with the premises on 28 November at Civic Centre, Twickenham.
In this meeting the directors argued that clients refused to give personal information such as name, address and emergency contact, but the licensing team reminded them that it was the law to do so.
