Police on Monday raided a house where a marriage broker was parading 31 Vietnamese women before two South Korean men and arrested three people, Huynh Van Khai, Nguyen Van Hoa and Do Thi Kim Van, on charges of organising the presentation.

When the police appeared, the 31 women were jammed into a tiny 20-square-metre house that served as an office for the illegal marriage agency. The two South Korean men were detained for questioning. Police said Khai was the brokerage's manager, while Hoa transported women to the location, and Van acted as a translator.

Khai had reportedly organised matches for at least 10 South Korean men since starting his business in 2008.

He recruited women from impoverished areas of Vietnam's Mekong Delta region.

Deutsche Presse Agentur - February 14, 2009