We don't have any more than 620 people. Many occupants are too frightened to complain about the conditions for fear of being thrown out. Mr Holda, who defected in 1998 during the International Mind Games championships, has already contracted a skin disease while living in a cramped room with his family. It is like being in a prison. We have visiting hours and have to sign in and out.
People are too frightened to talk because they get thrown out.
The hotel, on the M4 motorway opposite Heston Services, used to be owned by British Airways and was used for training cabin crews. It went into receivership during the 1980s before the hotel chain Lyric took over the management. The current owners have registered the property as an off-shore trust, making them virtually untraceable.