A well-known businessman charged with organizing prostitution and destroying evidence went on trial on Wednesday.

The indictment before Dongguan Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong province says Liang Yaohui, also known as Taizi Hui, or Prince Hui, and 47 of his employees arranged for more than 100 women to work in the sex trade at the Crown Prince Hotel in Huangjiang township, starting in April 2004.

Liang, 48, was chairman of the hotel, one of the major five-star properties in Dongguan, a city famous for its entertainment industry.