There is still a high demand for prostitutes in Malaysia — if official figures on the arrests of foreign call girls are any indication.

And one of the reasons for this steady demand is apparently busy, career-chasing wives.

Women's Aid Organisation vice-president Vicky Alahakone said in some cases, the wives were partly to blame for their men straying as they had unwittingly "abandoned" their husbands while trying to juggle careers and the household.

"Some husbands seek prostitutes to escape the dreariness of their daily lives by injecting some excitement into their mundane routines.

"It's like going out for dinner and having an exotic meal. Then, feeling full and satiated, they go home to the wife and kids.