An angry masseuse restrained an alleged pervert who pestered her by pinning him to the ground in a martial arts-style arm lock.

The female employee said she had tolerated the customer's lecherous behaviour but lost her cool when he continued to group her.

He reportedly kept teasing and touching her body despite her pleading for him to stop inside the shop in Guangdong, China on June 22.

The worker said she asked him to leave but to no avail, so she dragged him out of the parlour and grappled with him in the street.

Footage shows the masseuse sitting on top of the customer as he lay face down on the pavement.

She had his arm twisted in a lock until the police arrived to take over, with her furiously reporting what happened to the officers.

The massage parlour boss joked: ‘I taught him a lesson. I gave him a full-body massage for free.'

Police arrived to calm the situation and ordered the man not to return to the shop.

The worker added: 'Customers must respect our boundaries. Even though we work in the massage profession, it does not allow them to treat us however they want.'