Council extends massage parlor’s suspension until court acts

After Mayor McCollar issued 2 tiebreaker votes on this decision

Local attorney Michael Classens, speaking to Statesboro's mayor and council Feb. 18, 2024, points to his client, Chunying Hou (unseen in audience), and argues that she has done nothing to warrant a suspension of her business's massage parlor license. (AL HACKLE/staff)

massage parlor - suspension — Local attorney Michael Classens, speaking to Statesboro's mayor and council Feb. 18, 2024, points to his client, Chunying Hou (unseen in audience), and argues that she has done nothing to warrant a suspension of her business's massage parlor license. (AL HACKLE/staff)

Last week Statesboro City Council, by a 3-2 vote including the mayor’s tiebreaker, extended a previous two-week suspension of Lisa’s Therapeutic Massage’s massage-parlor license. Now the suspension is expected to remain in effect until a misdemeanor prostitution-related charge against the business’ owner is decided in court. Chunying Hou, 59, of Statesboro, was arrested by Statesboro Police Department officers Nov. 15, 2024, on a single count of keeping a place of prostitution, after they arrested her former employee Jiaxiang Li, 59, of Ridgeland, South Carolina, charging Li alone with a single count of masturbation for pay, also a misdemeanor.

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