Thailand's soapy massage days are over - prostitution has moved online now, says Chuwit

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The former "Lord of Soapy Massage" Chuwit Kamolwisit has said that the days of such prostitution in Thailand are over.

 

He said that now anyone can "get a woman on the Line (application) if "they fancy a bit of fun".

 

Chuwit - former politician, convicted felon, TV presenter - is always good value for his views. Sanook called him the "chao phor ang" - a kind of 'godfather of the bath'.

 

So it was no wonder that Channel 3 turned to him for comments after it was revealed online yesterday that a soapy massage or "ab ob nuat" in the Pin Klao area of Bangkok was up for sale for 470 million baht. 

 

The five story, three building complex has 104 rooms and a coffee shop with 50 tables. It has all the permits and was being sold by an old man with no heirs. 

 

There has reportedly been some interest from one buyer back in August.

 

Chuwit told Channel 3's morning show that it really wasn't about the massage business but about the value of the land - he called the 3 rai property as a "golden piece of real estate" on the Arun Amarin Road. 

 

He said the selling price was based on the square wah value of land there being 400,000 baht. 

 

He said that the future of massage parlors like this is highly doubtful, they are all closed right now. He doubted they would be profitable and banks would not lend money on them being so in the future.

 

He said that the heyday of soapy massage in Thailand was over, the old days and the old timers like him were history. 

 

Nowadays it was all about real estate and building condos.

 

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[kotsak]

From the horse's mouth, he knows well ????
 

[sanuk711]

More often than not, a massage will turn into sex.

 

Which is why I gave up the job as the physio at Doncaster Rovers.................................

[khunPer]

Ops - perhaps I then better withdraw the offer I gave yesterday for the 470 million baht soapy and quite legitimate business for sale...

[smedly]

are we entering the age in Thailand of soaping yourself 

[Neeranam]

Damn, I was going to treat myself to one when my wife got old. 

Only ever had one, 21 years ago when single(unmarried)

[peter zwart]

11 minutes ago, smedly said:

are we entering the age in Thailand of soaping yourself 

Im sure that mr @nutin wont be very positive about that, if that applies for the farang.

[fangless]

52 minutes ago, kotsak said:

From the horse's mouth,

Is that a euphemism for one of his masseurs?

[overherebc]

No more 'clean' fun then.

????????

[HappyExpat57]

1 hour ago, kotsak said:

From the horse's mouth, he knows well ????
 

Not sure that's the right end of the horse you're referring to.

[Wiggy]

Not sure the missus would be too chuffed to find a hubby-rubby going on in her bathtub, which is why the establishments will survive.

[HappyExpat57]

Yes, they're all shut down. Once Covid is a distant memory (and some day it will), they'll be right back. Soapies in one form or another been around a lot longer than any of us and will continue as long as there are pretty girls and horny guys with money.

[GeorgeCross]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He said that now anyone can "get a woman on the Line (application) if "they fancy a bit of fun"

how do you do that then ?

 

..asking for a friend ????

 

 

[mr_lob]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

It has all the permits and was being sold by an old man with no heirs. 

Well that's normal when you are elderly....it's called balding.

[DTL2014]

no more" loans" for the chief of police to invest on the stock market...? Still none the wiser as to who actually signed off on that...and whether they are still in politics..? No idea if they actually did anything wrong.i dont know what living off immoral earnings means.

[Mywayboy]

No Prostitution in Thailand 

Hmmmmm!

[vandeventer]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

are we entering the age in Thailand of soaping yourself 

Who would pay that much for a washed out business?

[jacko45k]

Just now, vandeventer said:

Who would pay that much for a washed out business?

Last time I visited one I was well rinsed!

[petedk]

I think he is right. 

 

The very wealthy Thais rent houses foe a night or a few hours and the girls are delivered to them. That is far more discreet. We see that almost daily here,

The amount of money they earn must be tremendous as we see they come back from shopping with 4 or 5 clothes brand name shopping bags. Almost like a scene in "Pretty Woman".

One of the regular girls often arrives in her Mercedes sports car.

[Inala]

Online is not the same as close physical contact for a bit of fun. Even when you bring a girl home from online, most won't give you a good soapie. I like to compartmentalise my fun. A soapy today, a <deleted> tomorrow, a foot massage the day after and so on. Sometimes I reverse the order just to mix it up.

 

My mates feel the same as me.

 

So he's wrong, fortunately.  

Edited December 9, 2021 by Inala

[hellohello123]

I think he forgot to add

 

"There is no prostitution  in thailand"

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, overherebc said:

No more 'clean' fun then.

????????

There's plenty of soapies/oilies open right now, maybe not B470m-big but the business sure isn't over

[hellohello123]

"Convicted felon" "former politician"

 

The credibility is oozing out of him

 

Let me pick myself off the floor

[scubascuba3]

38 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

how do you do that then ?

 

..asking for a friend ????

 

 

I'm wondering the same thing, I don't think you can meet on Line, but can meet on the likes of thaifriendly and get their Line and go from there, maybe that's what he means

[Gsxrnz]

He's considering buying and talking the price down.  Classic horse trader tactics.

[Callmeishmael]

18 minutes ago, hellohello123 said:

"Convicted felon" "former politician"

 

The credibility is oozing out of him

 

Let me pick myself off the floor

Politician/gangster/businessman is a surprisingly common job description in Thailand!

[JCauto]

Coming on the heels of the news of the 470 million baht soapy palace for sale, I can deduce that he's looking to get back into the business rather than leaving it.

[DefaultName]

I used to like the occasional soapie, but before they all closed, every time I went in, they were packed with Indians, so I just left.

[daveAustin]

“Thailand's soapy massage days are over”

That was a foregone conclusion with the current mob in power even without covid. Thailand is being ‘cleansed’. 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that the future of massage parlors like this is highly doubtful, they are all closed right now. He doubted they would be profitable and banks would not lend money on them being so in the future.

There's the truth, banks don't like the sound of lending money to a business that's likely to fail.

As the man say's plenty of online girls to come and scrub your back.