Council to Set Revocation Hearing for Massage Business

City Council is slated to set a date Wednesday for King Spa's business license revocation hearing, reports Pasadena Star-News.

Mengdong Wang, the owner of King Spa, was charged on suspicion of disorderly house and prostitution after an undercover investigation was conducted by South Pas Police in February.

Wang was also cited and convicted in 2010 for employing non-certificated massage technicians, according to a staff report.

While a hearing was originally set for March 7, City Council postponed it saying it first needed to build up a case, reported Pasadena Sun. 

Per South Pasadena Municipal Code (SPMC), a business license can be revoked "when the continuance of the operations of the license shall be contrary to the public health, safety, peace, welfare, or morals."

King Spa is one of two massage businesses to be charged with prostitution this year. Both remain open during investigations. 

The last time a business in South Pasadena was closed down as a result of similar charges was in 2001, South Pasadena Police Chief Joe Payne told Patch. 

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