Nearly 20 female entertainers and models from Taiwan have been involved in overseas prostitution police and investigators have found.

The latest issue of Next Magazine reveals a list of names of those under investigation including a female entertainer surnamed Hsiao and a woman who gained her celebrity status through a beauty contest.

Taiwan-based ET-News reported that police were investigating three cross-border prostitution groups. One of them operates within Taiwan. Several Taiwan female stars and models are being accused of being involved with the prostitution ring. With the help of their agents meetings with clients were arranged at five-star hotels.

An unnamed official with a Taiwan investigative agency claimed that those involved,  supermodels and famous entertainers, charged from 20 to 300,000 Taiwan dollars. The female star surnamed Hsiao is being investigated and was reported to have charged 300,000 Taiwan dollars.

The stars and models involved in the case are expected to be summonsed after the Spring Festival.

(CRI January 17, 2007)