HARCOURTS BOX HILL - DENNIS SHI - BAOER SHI – SORDID HISTORY OF TOPE STREET, SOUTH MELBOURNE BROTHEL SCANDALS Melbourne man, Dennis Shi (born as Baoer Shi) is a high flying real estate agent in the Chinese community of Box Hill, working for Harcourts real estate agency. However, unknown to his peers and work colleagues is the double life that he once lived. Before going into the real estate industry, Dennis Shi was intricately involved in the brothel industry, managing both the notorious “Tope’s Treasures – 39 Tope Street” and “Top on Tope – 43 Tope Street”, South Melbourne, around the time of 2008-2014. Top on Tope & Tope’s Treasures were involved in trafficking girls from South Korea who got caught up in debt bondage schemes. Basically, huge sums of money were loaned to these girls and in return they would enter into a debt repayment arrangement, that involved being transported around the world to work in parlours (at times up to 16 hours a day!) until the loan and interest were repaid. One of the conditions of such an arrangement, included forfeiting and withholding their passports which is considered slavery under Federal Law. Over the years, Dennis Shi (and his identical twin brother Bill Shi) would rise through the ranks to become Xing Jin’s right hand men. They were at one stage very close and trusted associates and confidante. With their higher standing and greater insight into the brothel industry, Dennis Shi & Bill Shi tried to lure the working girls away from Tope Street to a rival parlour – Madam Leona - at 59 York Street, South Melbourne brothel – based on secret commission arrangements, all cash transactions. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/five-charged-on-brothel-earnings-201307032pbma.html http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/police-arrest-brothel-syndicate-members-in-raidsacross-city-20130702-2pa5e.html Madam Leona was managed by Lin Gao and “Kevin” De Jun Zheng of 59 York Street South Melbourne brothel. http://www.smh.com.au/national/never-a-game-20111010-1lhgs.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/legal-brothels-linked-to-international-sex-traffickingrings-20111009-1lfxs.html
Lin Gao and her closest confidant “Kevin” De Jun Zheng were both running Madam Leona – 59 York Street, South Melbourne when Abraham Papo was assaulted. Lin Gao is now the owner of The Candy Club, 392 Victoria St, Richmond VIC 3121. https://www.smh.com.au/national/why-did-abraham-papo-die-20111007-1ldrk.html
As Dennis Shi’s relationship soured with Lin Gao and “Kevin” De Jun Zheng, he then tried to lure all the girls away from both Tope Street & York Street. As such, “Kevin” De Jun Zheng and the crew from Tope street are constantly on the lookout for Dennis Shi and Bill Shi. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/cleared-brothel-worker-accused-of-link-tosextrafficking-syndicate-20131028-2wbtf.html
While Dennis Shi was not personally responsible for recruiting girls from South Korea into Australia, he was aware that the forfeiting and withholding of passports were illegal, as was the debt bondage arrangement that the Korean girls got themselves into. He certainly did his best to try and exploit their circumstances when they arrived in Melbourne, by shopping them around the various establishment and making a tidy sum of money in between. In the process, making life long enemies as well. In hindsight, the transition from the brothel industry to real estate was a very natural and logical progression, for Dennis Shi. It all revolves around commission arrangement and the manipulation of people – over promising and under delivering. Much like some real estate agents, over promising to the vendors by listing the property at a high price, and then under quoting to prospective buyers to draw a crowd. When you do meet Dennis Shi, just mention the words “Tope Street, South Melbourne” or show him a photo of Xing Jin, and watch his face turn white like a ghost. Dennis shi, can change industries as often as he likes, but he will never be able to run away from his sordid past - that being his own shadow, and the hundreds of Korean girls he had exploited and manipulated along the way. All based on commission arrangement.
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