Schoolgirl plays truant to sell sex

The Education Ministry has ordered a probe into allegations involving a student who played truant to offer sex services to strangers during school hours.

Deputy Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said the school authorities had been asked to submit a report on the matter.

It is learned that the Form Two student went missing from school three days before the start of the Chinese New Year festive break.

Afghan girl who refused to sell sex, rescued from toilet

Sahar Gul was beaten and locked up in a toilet for over five months
after she defied her in-laws who tried to force her into prostitution

Afghan police have rescued a teenage girl who was beaten and locked up in a toilet for over five months after she defied her in-laws who tried to force her into prostitution, officials said Tuesday.

Sahar Gul, 15, was found in the basement of her husband's house in northeastern Baghlan province late on Monday after her parents reported her disappearance to the police.

"She was beaten, her fingernails were removed and her arm was broken," district police chief Fazel Rahman told AFP.

Teens sell sex for pocket money

Twenty teenage girls in Shanghai, China - mostly students under 18 years old and two under 14 - have been caught by police offering sex to earn pocket money.

Three of the suspects, believed to be starters of the "teenage girl prostitution ring," face charges of offering sex services and inducing classmates and friends to enter the business, Zhabei District prosecutors said.

"Many of them offered the prostitution services only to earn some pocket money and they were not ashamed of the trade," said Han Konglin, a prosecutor.