By Cherrie Anne E. Villahermosa
Variety News Staff

THE owners of the Red Heart Massage and Mayi Club who were convicted for promoting and permitting prostitution and immigration fraud have apologized to the court for the crimes they committed.
Frank Cabrera and Xiuhong Luo appeared before Associate Judge Kenneth Govendo on Friday with attorneys Robert T. Torres and Joey Arriola.
Luo cried and, through a Chinese interpreter, told the court how sorry she was for everything that she did.
“I’m sorry — I gained nothing from this reputation,” she said.
Cabrera, for his part, said “I’m very sorry for what I did.”
Assistant Attorney General Kevin Lynch recommended a sentence of 12 years and 60 days of imprisonment for Cabrera and 10 years and 60 days of imprisonment for Luo.
Lynch said each of the defendants should pay an assessment fee of $8,000 in addition to a fine of $1,000 for Luo and $10,000 for Cabrera.
The prosecution also recommended the revocation of all business licenses of Cabrera and barring Luo from working in the commonwealth.
The defense recommended a sentence of three to five years of imprisonment which Torres, counsel for Luo, said is appropriate, fair and just.
Govendo ordered the parties to appear in court again on Tuesday at 10 a.m. for the sentencing.
Cabrera and Luo were found guilty by a jury in Aug. 2006.
Of the 16 charges filed against them, the jury returned a guilty verdict on 14 counts against Cabrera and 10 counts against Luo.
Cabrera was found guilty of two counts of assisting illegal entry, two counts of conspiracy to commit assisting illegal entry, two counts of immigration fraud, two counts of harboring illegal aliens, two counts of promoting prostitution in the second degree, two counts of conspiracy to commit promoting prostitution and two counts of permitting prostitution.
Govendo did not find Cabrera guilty of two counts of aiding and abetting an illegal entry but Luo was found guilty of these charges.
Luo was also found guilty of two counts of harboring illegal aliens, two counts of promoting prostitution, two counts of conspiracy to commit promoting prostitution in the second degree, and two counts of permitting prostitution.
Govendo acquitted Luo of immigration fraud, assisting illegal entry and conspiracy to commit assisting illegal entry.
Cabrera and Luo were charged for hiring two young women from the Philippines and forcing them to engage in prostitution.
The victims arrived as “tourists” on Saipan but later worked as a waitress and a masseuse at the Red Heart Massage and Mayi Club.