Six convicted in Victoria massage parlour case

[webfact]

Six convicted in massage parlour case

By THE NATION

 

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SIX DEFENDANTS involved in prostitution at Victoria’s: the Secret Forever massage parlour were yesterday convicted and given a combined sentence of 80 years.
 

Located in the heart of Bangkok, the parlour went out of business after a team from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and the military rounded up more than 100 suspected sex workers on the premises in January. Some of the workers were found to be younger than 15 years old.

 

The charges apply to the offences committed between October 2016 and January 2018.

 

 

The venue’s manager Satthatham Jangchai, and three others – Boonsap Amornrattanasiri, Chainarong Unsuk and Eknapat Jaruwatpathomkul – were convicted of procuring prostitutes. They each received jail terms of 15 years and 12 |months (calculated on 30-days per |month basis). 

 

Sasithorn Weerathepsuporn, who applied for the parlour’s operating licence, was convicted and sentenced to seven years and 14 months for the same offence. 

 

The court also convicted Sattha-tham, Boonsap, Sasithorn and driver, Decha Singsakhon, in a related case of arranging girls aged under 15 for sex services. Decha was responsible for driving the underage prostitutes from Bangkok to Malaysia where they were required to have sex with customers for money. 

 

Satthatham and Boonsap each received a jail term of three years and four months, while Sasithorn was jailed for seven months. Decha was sentenced to six years imprisonment. 

 

 

While the four defendants in the second case were charged with human trafficking they were not convicted. 

 

Public prosecutors at the Department of Trafficking in Persons said an appeal would be likely as they believed many of the defendants involved in the parlour’s sex trade were also involved in human |trafficking. 

 

The case involving two others, Manas Uamtab and Somchai Saeng-udom, is still ongoing. They have confessed to their crimes and the court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on September 19. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30353084

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-08-28

[Thaiwrath]

No mention of the supposed 20 plus "state officials" involved in the operation ?

Well, there'd a surprise.

Edited August 27, 2018 by Thaiwrath

[George Bowman]

There is an interesting read about this in the New Mandela.

 

In his revelations, Chuwit pointed out that the amount of money channelled through Aqua is far larger than what could be made from a massage parlour business and suggested Aqua is also being used to launder money from government corruption. Records of share ownership and business dealings confirm the story. Aqua quickly moved to stop reporting about its links to the massage business by launching a 333 million baht lawsuit against Chuwit and the media outlets that had run the story.

[4MyEgo]

One closed down, another opens down the road.

[kcpattaya]

Looks like Victoria remains a secret forever. 

[brewsterbudgen]

One closed down, another opens down the road.

If so, hopefully they're not using underage or trafficked girls and therefore should be fine.

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[4MyEgo]

1 minute ago, brewsterbudgen said:

If so, hopefully they're not using underage or trafficked girls and therefore should be fine.

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Don't forget about the jail time, plus plus plus years !!!

[brewsterbudgen]

Don't forget about the jail time, plus plus plus years !!!

And fully deserved for procuring underage trafficked prostitutes.

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[Happy Grumpy]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

sentenced to seven years and 14 months

Thai time. 

[Vacuum]

2 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

One closed down, another opens down the road.

Of course, all men are gullible.

[worgeordie]

The actual owners are still on the run ?, and what about those

that took out loans from them?,

regards worgeordie

[AJBangkok]

I wonder how many of those convicted are actually in jail and how many are out on bail appealing.

[Darcula]

What about the list of police officers getting freebies?

 

On 1/14/2018 at 9:02 PM, webfact said:

Meanwhile, some police officers were found to have used the parlour’s services free of charge, said a senior anti-human trafficking official.

[lvr181]

Same old same old - just crop the low hanging fruit!

 

There will probably be a few "higher ups" and government and city officials involved in that business who, once again, will remain untouched. 

[lvr181]

10 minutes ago, Darcula said:

What about the list of police officers getting freebies?

 

That was "protectionism" that went 'tits up' for the operators! 

[sammieuk1]

Hope some of their time is now spent on dyeing their Burkas or face more charges of laundering ? 

Edited August 28, 2018 by sammieuk1

[Mac98]

I remember a while back about a San Francisco brothel in an upscale neighborhood being raided. The brothel had been there for decades and specialized in underage boys and girls. The police reported books had been seized and contained the names of many influential customers. Nothing was ever heard again about the influential customers. Same same all over the world.

[overherebc]

10 minutes ago, Mac98 said:

I remember a while back about a San Francisco brothel in an upscale neighborhood being raided. The brothel had been there for decades and specialized in underage boys and girls. The police reported books had been seized and contained the names of many influential customers. Nothing was ever heard again about the influential customers. Same same all over the world.

Life anywhere is like a sh-t sandwich. The more bread you've got the less sh-t you get at any one time.

[thaichiro]

As usual, the little guys have to grab their ankles and take it while the big boys skate....SOSO

[tandor]

7 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

One closed down, another opens down the road.

..they were/are open all the time..just can't see them.

[brewsterbudgen]

12 minutes ago, tandor said:

..they were/are open all the time..just can't see them.

One thing about soapies is that they're huge and very visible.  Take a stroll down Ratchadapisek and try to not see Poseidon etc!