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Respond to Cindy Yang was "targeted" for her ties to prostitution and the Chinese govt: Palm Beach County and Broward County , Florida, primarily branded as Tokyo Day Spa locations. [1] [7] The enterprise grew to include "at least six day spas as well as a massage school and several nail salons", with one massage parlor being a location in Jupiter, Florida that Yang sold in 2013, and which would thereafter become the Orchids of Asia spa. [1] [7] The Miami Herald reported that these businesses had a reputation for illegally offering sexual services while still owned by Yang, but she denied knowledge of this . Mother Jones reported that Yang was also an officer in Florida branches of the (American) Chinese Association of Science and Technology and the Council for the Promotion of the Peaceful Reunification of China (CPPRC), which advocates for People's Republic of China control of Taiwan (the Republic of China ), both groups described in the report as having "ties to China's Communist government" In 2013, Yang sold the spa to Hua Zhang, who has been charged with racketeering and running a house of prostitutio n. She pleaded not guilty.The Miami Herald reports that even before the spa changed hands, online reviews suggest that prostitution was already taking place there. The Herald notes that the spa’s name has changed, but the decor is exactly the same; the Herald also quotes from a review which said, in 2013, “Used to be known as Tokyo Day Spa and Massage — most of the same girls still work there,” a Yelp reviewer wrote of Orchids of Asia in 2013. heavy.com many women who worked at the spas were Chinese and forced to live at the spas against their will. ............ The Herald reports that her family still owns several South Florida spas, and the Tokyo Day Spa chain has attracted police attention on allegations of similar prostitution activity. When talking with the Herald, Yang denied ever breaking the law but declined to answer questions about her knowledge of sex being offered at the spas.usatoday.com
