Phuket Opinion: This cannot be tolerated

By The Phuket News

 

Gen Jaruwat in announcing the arrests got one thing right: ‘This cannot be tolerated’. Photos: Eakkapop Thongtub / Royal Thai Police

 

PHUKET: Of all the news reported this past week, least expected was the arrest of four people for human trafficking and child exploitation for operating a gang of child hawkers – selling of all things coconut water – at night venues.

 

It was not unexpected because no one knows about such operations. Everyone knows about it; seeing a pitiable young girl selling roses late at night in a bar or restaurant is one of the most depressing sights a tourist sees in Phuket. And they see it.

 

The news was unexpected because no law-enforcement official on the island has ever publicly made such arrests. And that single, sickening fact breeds suspicion to the deepest level.

Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-opinion-this-cannot-be-tolerated-73650.php#e9pgAKY2zpT2VL4E.99

 

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this is not surprising, the real criminal of phuket are untouchable, so they try to get foreigners prosecuted before anyone else.

This is so sad. It is not the children but the adults that should be arrested. As an expat you see young girls growing up then one day they stop coming round and it breaks your hart wondering where they end up working. There is no help for poor people in Thailand and their choices are very limited.